The value of high quality grass in lamb finishing systems
Aim high, do your research and try and identify a gap in the market, is the advice from one farming family from Pwllheli who have done just that!
Third generation farmer Alan Jones, wife Bethan and two sons Osian and...
A Farming Connect project focussing on better use of home produced fertilisers shows how managing manure applications and testing soils nutrient status can improve productivity and profitability on Welsh soils.
The project, located at Lower Eyton Farm near Wrexham, focussed...
Benchmarking against the top third performing farm businesses in Wales could be the catalyst to creating viable sustainable businesses for many farmers, according to Farming Connect.
This was reinforced by beef and sheep farmers Paul and Dwynwen Williams of...
Bryony Gittins needed no persuading when she had the opportunity to return to the family farm in Llanthony near Abergavenny, where she grew up helping her parents with the day to day running of the business. In their late teens...
Switzerland is not a member of the EU but its farmers trade with the member states in line with European Free Trade Association - EFTA regulations.
Switzerland holds around 130 contracts allowing the country to trade with the EU, which...
Natural Resources Wales is the Welsh Government sponsored body responsible for licensing tree felling in Wales. Their remit includes protecting the trees, woodlands and forests of Wales by controlling tree felling, and they encourage good forestry practice by setting...
Below is the 11th 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...
Below is the 10th 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...
A group of Welsh milk producers forging a path to the creation of Dairy Producer Organisations (DPOs) in Wales, are hoping to engage the interest of like-minded farmers at the Welsh Dairy Show at Carmarthen today (October 24th)...