Farming Connect’s Management Exchange programme – recruiting now!
1 June 2018
If you’re focused, ambitious and keen to broaden your horizons, it could be time to check your passport!
Farming Connect has begun its search for focused and ambitious farmers and foresters keen to enhance their business...
FC - Issue 15
Below is the 15th 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...
Former school cook puts the community spirit back into tiny Pembrokeshire village
23 May 2018
Brenda Lewis from north Pembrokeshire has been a keen cook since studying catering in college. She says becoming an independent business woman would have been beyond her wildest dreams in those days, but with support...
Mentoring support guides young entrant through potential pitfalls of new dairy enterprise
26 April 2018
A young farmer has avoided potential pitfalls and costly mistakes since the family beef and sheep farm converted to dairy with guidance from a Farming Connect mentor.
Richard Downes was just 19 when he joined his...
Taking a short cut on a quad bike led to ten years of pain for one Powys farmer – who’s now helping raise awareness of on-farm safety
24 April 2018
If you spot an air ambulance landing in a remote agricultural area, it’s fair to assume that a farmer has probably had a catastrophic accident.
It’s ten years since Powys farmer Roger James took a short...
Farming for a sustainable future is within the grasp of all Welsh farmers
17 April 2018
Farmers throughout Wales are being urged to find out what steps they should be taking to prepare their businesses for the political and economic changes which will impact on the industry when we leave the...
FC - Issue 14
Below is the 14th 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...