11 July 2024
A Welsh soft fruit grower who once lost his entire strawberry harvest to an insect pest is establishing colonies of a predatory bug in the crop before and during the flowering stage in a bid to find...
10 July 2024
In five years, the average weight of lamb produced per ewe in Elfyn Owen’s flock has increased by 9.3kg, to 47.6kg.
Mr Owen, who farms with his wife, Ruth, recognised the value of achieving genetic gains driven...
Below is the 6th issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023.
It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...
09 July 2024
Llyr Griffiths, from Tafarn y Bugail in Llangoedmor, Ceredigion aims to improve the farm’s sustainability and reduce reliance on purchased feed for his 500-cow dairy herd by companion cropping maize with sunflowers.
With the increasing cost of...
Listen back at this recording from our recent farm event at Pentrefelin, we discuss how to better understand and promote a healthy soil.
Huw Foulkes will be sharing his journey taking over the family farm that involves a regenerative approach...
Join Farming Connect for a unique series of 15 farm walks across the Our Farms Network this September (9th - 27th) - Our Farms Farm Walks - September 2024. These walks offer a chance to see the...
26 June 2024
Lambs produced by an organic hill flock of Welsh ewes are hitting finishing weights two weeks earlier since performance recording was introduced to improve genetics.
The Parry family have been performance recording for four years, in the...
24 June 2024
In the days when Sara Edwards’ great-grandmother farmed, agriculture had an informal network of mentors in the shape of her neighbouring farmers, sharing ideas and passing on knowledge. Three generations later and Sara sees...
How different methods of knowledge transfer influence behaviour change in dairy producers and lameness prevalence in their herds. Cennydd Jones is joined by Sara Pedersen RCVS Specialist in Cattle Health and Production in this first in a series of episodes...
