15 May 2025
A Welsh farmer who produces beef and lamb from grass and homegrown barley has cut fertiliser and pesticide inputs by 25% and captured higher crop yields and labour savings by changing his approach to grassland and arable...
13 May 2025
Third generation Radnor Valley farmer John Goodwin credits the Farming Connect Agri Academy Business & Innovation programme for giving him the inspiration, guidance and supportive networks he needed to achieve ambitious new goals for himself and the...
12 May 2025
Join Farming Connect at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May 2025 for the annual Spring Festival!
Farming Connect will be present at the event to offer support and advice...
07 May 2025
A 1.5-acre pick-your-own (PYO) pumpkin venture has been a profitable diversification for a new entrant farming business, a Farming Connect trial has shown.
Laura Pollock and Matt Brooks farm 114-acre Lower House Farm beneath the Wentwood Hills...
06 May 2025
Setting up and growing a successful new business is something many people will only ever dream about. Young farmer Cian Iolen Rhys says that Farming Connect’s Agri Academy Junior Programme gave him the confidence and life-skills to...
28 April 2024
Launched in 2012 and the first of its kind, the Agri Academy now has over 300 alumni, each proud to reflect on the time spent on the Farming Connect flagship personal development residential programme as an invaluable...
24 April 2025
A project involving multiple Welsh dairy farms has demonstrated why collecting data to establish the mastitis red flags specific to an individual herd can be key to reducing disease incidence.
Farming Connect enlisted ten herds ranging in...
23 April 2025
Farmers are invited to a series of on-farm events - Grassland weed challenge: Strategies for success. Hosted at three locations across Wales, these events with Daniel Lievesley of DJL Agriculture, a 2025 shortlisted national agronomist of the...
17 April 2025
There is a growing trend of consumers in Wales choosing locally produced fruit, vegetables and flowers. Not only are they supporting local growers, these buyers are also reflecting today’s shift towards increased environmental awareness and the desire...
The Miscanthus AI project (a research partnership between Aberystwyth, Lincoln and Southampton universities) aims to assess whether artificial intelligence can help in plant breeding. This ranges from simply automatically measuring crops in the field to mimicking the decisions of a...
