FC - Issue 19
Below is the 19th 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 our...
Setting reasonable goals can help Welsh farm businesses improve.
8 February 2019
At the annual Wales Farming Conference in Builth Wells, Wisconsin dairy farmer Lloyd Holterman insisted that every farm needed key performance indicators (KPIs) to progress.
“Farmers have to constantly improve their businesses to move forward...
Keeping children safe on farms is a priority for the Wales Farm Safety Partnership
30 January 2019
In May 2017, a nine year old boy was seriously injured at a Devon farm. Travelling as a passenger, he had toppled off an ATV being driven by a 13 year old. The younger boy...
Farming Connect Agri Academy 2019 - the search is on for the next generation of rural leaders and entrepreneurs
22 January 2019
Have you got what it takes to be a rural leader, an innovator or entrepreneur? Are you determined and focused about working in the agriculture, forestry or food related industries and professions?
Farming Connect’s recruitment...
Wales Farming Conference 2019…time to recharge and face the future head-on whatever the challenges!
18 January 2019
‘Time to recharge’, the key theme at the next Wales Farming Conference, will be reflected in an address from internationally renowned speaker Chris Moon MBE, a former British army officer who in 1995, lost both...
Montgomeryshire Farmers Benefit from Farming Connect Study Visit
16 January 2019
The group, led by Cath Price, travelled to Belfast for a three-day agriculture visit using Farming Connect Study Visit funding. Already part of an Agrisgôp group, members wanted to explore farming practices in Northern Ireland...