Farming Connect’s Venture programme notches up a new success story
21 September 2020 A better work life balance, more stock but less pressure and the prospect of exciting new opportunities in the years ahead! Thanks to a new joint venture supported by Farming Connect’s Venture programme, the future looks bright...
Episode 26 - Stronger together- Neighbouring farms move from the conventional to set up a dairy joint venture - 18/09/2020
In this episode we meet two progressive farmers, Emyr Owen and Gwydion Jones who have decided to join forces and set up a spring calving herd on the hills above Llanrwst.
WEBINAR: Demo farm live: Dolygarn - 16/09/2020
Live from Dolygarn, Newtown, one of our red meat demonstration sites. An exciting new project is underway at Dolygarn investigating alternative forage options to improve productivity and reduce environmental impact on an upland farm. During the event, a range of...
Beef quality grading in Europe: Shifting to a consumer centred perception of beef quality
11 September 2020 Dr Sibhekiso Siphambili, Dr Pip Nicholas-Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. With the challenges faced by the beef industry there is need for a consumer focused grading system to ensure continued competitiveness of beef against other animal-based proteins The...
Live broadcast from upland farm will explore winter cropping options
10 September 2020 The steps being taken by a Welsh upland farm to reduce its environmental impact will be shared with farmers during a Farming Connect live broadcast this month. The Farming Connect Demo Farm Live event on 16 September...
Farming Connect’s skills application window opens and all face-to-face training resumes
2 September 2020 Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to the restrictions of Covid-19, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses are now available both indoors and externally provided all...
Welsh beef farm targets financial and cow health gains with compact calving
1 September 2020 Heat detection technology is putting a Welsh beef farm in control of suckler herd fertility. The calving period in the Jones family’s herd of 70 Welsh Blacks extends from January to October but they want to reduce...
