Discussion group membership helps family farm utilise fresh ideas
12 December 2024
A small-scale pedigree beef producer is capitalising on his limited resources by utilising best practice ideas gained from a network of fellow farmers brought together by Farming Connect as a discussion group.
Peter Lowe, who farms with...
Farming Connect sampling highlights opportunities to improve soil health on Welsh farms
11 December 2024
Many Welsh farms are missing out on grass yield potential because they fall short on pH and key macronutrients (P, K, Mg), a Farming Connect report of agricultural soils has shown.
More than 3,000 soil samples were...
Farmers advised to set emissions reduction targets that work for their own systems
11 December 2024
Marginal gains achieved from multiple factors, ranging from increasing scanning and rearing percentages to finishing lambs earlier, will combine to both reduce emissions and increase profitability in Welsh sheep flocks.
Many of the key performance indicators (KPIs)...
Integrating drought-tolerant lucerne into its sheep rotation is helping a Welsh livestock farm reduce the risk of feed shortfalls
This deep-rooted nitrogen-fixing plant has leaves with an average crude protein content of 24% and a metabolisable energy value of 12, providing high quality grazing for lambs at Newton Farm, Brecon, because sheep mostly graze the leaves, not the lower...
Farming Connect ISSUE 7 - October - December 2024
Below is the 7th 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...
Innovative idea wins top Farming Connect Agri Academy Challenge award
25 November 2024
Members of the 2024 Farming Connect Agri Academy cohort have been praised for their technical expertise and vision with a set of ideas for real life business challenges and the winner was presented with an award at...
Farming Connect-funded support helps couple make a success of pumpkin PYO
21 November 2024
Trialling different pumpkin-growing techniques in the first season of a pick-your-own (PYO) farm diversification has helped a new entrant farming business manage risk in that all important foundation year, and informed decision making for the 2025 season...
Tree grown on Farming Connect Christmas Trees Network farm destined for No.10
19 November 2024
A Powys-based business which belongs to a Farming Connect network of Christmas tree growers has an important assignment at 10 Downing Street next month.
Evergreen Christmas Trees, run by the Reynolds family at Black House Farm, Knighton...
Small Growers Standard helps Pembrokeshire market garden win new business
08 November 2024
A new generation of Welsh growers is breathing new life into the idea of small-scale, low-impact market gardening.
Farmland on the outskirts of Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, has been in Kate Roberts’ family for four generations and it...