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Livestock March – May 2024
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between March - May 2024
Utilising Farming Connect helps young farmer prepare for greater role on sheep farm
27 February 2024
Farming Connect’s training and development opportunities have helped Ernie Richards learn about best practice in agriculture and the latest thinking on technical and business management ideas, giving the young farmer the confidence and knowledge to take...
Farming Connect’s Agri Academy – igniting that spark for a new generation of farming entrepreneurs and trailblazers
26 February 2024
This spring, the Farming Connect Agri Academy Alumni totals exactly 300 people, each proud to reflect on the time spent on the Farming Connect flagship personal development residential programme as an invaluable experience. Some even call it...
Episode 94 - Staff Management series- Episode 3: What legislation affects you as a farming employer, employee or worker?
All employed agricultural, horticultural and forestry workers in Wales, including workers employed by gang masters and employment agencies, are entitled to at least the Agricultural Minimum Wage. This podcast is intended to help employers of agricultural workers understand and comply...
Future-proofing her family’s Welsh upland farm is a priority for fourth generation farmer Anna Jones who, armed with the knowledge and confidence gained through Farming Connect, is forging ahead with that goal.
19 February 2024
Anna was working in the equine sector in 2016 when she decided she wanted her future to be in agriculture, farming 150-hectares near Welshpool with her parents, John and Sally.
As her...
Training courses are helping a shepherd prepare for a future in Welsh farming
15 February 2024
A Welsh shepherd is equipping himself with new skills and qualifications to take on the challenges that beckon for farming in the years ahead.
Welsh agriculture is on the cusp of a period of immense change...
Future Opportunities for Sheep Genetics in Wales: Breeding for Improved Wool Quality
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.
January 2024
The shearing of a sheep’s fleece is a welfare essential animal husbandry practice that helps to protect sheep from ectoparasites and from developing heat stress in the summer...
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Episode 93 - Staff Management series- Episode 2: Staff contracts
Rhian Price is joined by Rhodri Jones, Director at Rural Advisor. Rhodri is a qualified solicitor that specialises in rural legal matters. Along side his work commitments he also farms a spring calving herd at Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire with his wife...