Feeding clover seed to sheep - 07/11/2019
Feeding clover seed to sheep to improve permanent grassland
Make sure you prosper from pasture – application window for this interesting and innovative programme is now open
7 November 2019
The application window for the Prosper from Pasture Programme is now open, and will be open until 12pm, 9 December.
It is recognised that farm area is the first physical limiting factor on potential business output...
Episode 4 - John Yeomans - 03/11/2019
This episode comes from an area called Adfa near Newtown, the home of John Yeomans and his family at Llwyn y Brain Farm. John farms in partnership with his wife, Sarah, and the farm extends to 284 acres. They keep...
Bavarian-born Beate Behr found happiness and success when she moved to Wales – Farming Connect’s Agrisgôp programme had a helping hand!
24 October 2019
They say good things come to those who wait! Winning the Sportsmanship Award at the recent International Sheepdog Trials in Aberdeenshire, when she represented the Welsh team, was a fantastic achievement for Bavarian-born Beate Behr who...
Episode 2 - Innovation & Diversification - 14/10/2019
In this episode, Aled and Jim will be sharing some highlights from Farming Connect’s new event called Innovation and Diversification Wales. The podcast includes discussions with Daniel Sumner of Microsoft, Geraint Hughes of Madryn Foods, Wilfred-Emmanuel Jones (The Black Farmer)...
Pembrokeshire couple’s aptitude for learning has got their new ‘gate to plate’ business model off to a flying start with a helping hand from Farming Connect
7 October 2019
Steve and Kara Lewis are an ambitious and hard-working couple who are passionate about farming having returned to their agricultural roots in Pembrokeshire seven years ago. Since that time, Steve, a Harper Adams University Agriculture graduate...
Off to a flying start with a helping hand from Farming Connect - 7/10/19
Steve and Kara Lewis are an ambitious and hard-working couple who are passionate about farming having returned to their agricultural roots in Pembrokeshire seven years ago. Since that time, Steve, a Harper Adams University Agriculture graduate and Kara, who studied...
Innovation and Diversification 2019 - some highlights from the day - 4/10/19
What a day! Here are some highlights from today’s Innovation and Diversification event. What was your highlight?
FC - Issue 23
Below is the 23rd issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Cumulative gains from improvements in multiple areas benefits sheep farm
19 September 2019
Addressing a cobalt deficiency has lifted daily liveweight gains in lambs at a Carmarthenshire sheep farm.
At Aberbranddu, a Farming Connect Demonstration Farm near Pumpsaint, trace element tests on lambs born this spring confirmed a cobalt deficiency...