Folly Farm manager, Kim Brickell - 16/05/2022
Folly Farm manager Kim Brickell always turns to Farming Connect when she wants to learn a new skill!
Farmers urged to rethink hedge trimming policies to benefit nature and livestock
13 May 2022
Welsh farmers have been assured that measures that protect and increase biodiversity on their farms can be easily integrated and have benefits for their livestock.
Farms already have valuable assets in their hedges and trees. By...
Welsh dairy sheep farmers make the most of Farming Connect support
12 May 2022
The emergence of milking sheep as one of Wales’ newest and most promising farming enterprises is no accident.
A new sector driven forward by pioneering farmers from all parts of Wales eager to respond to market...
Sheep scab: update and future considerations
6 May 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Sheep scab eradication is vital as the disease impacts the UK sheep sector via huge economic losses and as a significant welfare concern
- Control would benefit from combined focus...
Two Mid Wales farmers get their career progression on track thanks to continual professional development…Farming Connect skills application window opens next month
27 April 2022
For two focused and ambitious Mid Wales farmers, continual professional development proved a critical factor in helping them become successful farmers. Both are keen advocates of having a personal development plan which helps map out their...
Red Meat: September 2021 – December 2021
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2021 - December 2021.
Farming Connect Demonstration Network - 14/04/2022
Demonstration Sites, located throughout Wales, share examples of best practice, innovation and new technologies.
Focus Sites demonstrate ‘one-off’ projects on a wide range of topics these are to help address opportunities or problems facing the industry.
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Episode 61 - Anna Jones on the relationship crisis between town and country
Our guest this week is the journalist, broadcaster, author and Nuffield Farming Scholar, Anna Jones. Anna grew up on her family’s upland farm on the Welsh borders and is often heard on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme. Earlier this...
New Farming Connect workshop will help farmers improve lamb performance post-weaning.
11 April 2022
Farming Connect has added an additional module to its fully-funded Animal Health & Welfare (AH&W) training workshop provision.
‘Improving post-weaning lamb performance’ will be rolled out from early April, bringing the total number of...
Business: August 2021 – November 2021
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.