This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2021 - November 2021.

6 April 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS)

• The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally        
• Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to...

4 April 2022

A Welsh sheep farm has reduced its bedding costs by 75%, and significantly improved the incidence of ewe lameness at housing since switching from straw bedding to a slatted floor.

Plastic slats were retrofitted to a...

1 April 2022

A lamb producer who is pioneering methods of improving the persistency and quality of grazing leys on marginal land in the Welsh uplands has won a major new grassland management award.

John Yeomans, who is involved...

29 March 2022

A Welsh sheep farmer says achieving carbon efficiencies in agriculture must be balanced against the need for farm businesses to be productive and profitable.

Rhys Edwards, who runs a flock of 530 ewes and 180 ewe...

17 March 2022

Pembrokeshire ‘dairy sheep’ farmer Bryn Perry recently won the prestigious Brynle Williams Memorial Award, which recognises the achievements of a young farmer who has found their way into farming through Farming Connect’s Venture programme. Bryn, who...

16 March 2022

Dr Richard Kipling: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The potential to earn income from carbon trading is increasingly a factor of interest to land managers
• However, numerous factors can influence the potential for carbon sequestration, and accurately...