Funding window to re-open for on-farm trials in Wales
20 Jannuary 2025
With Farming Connect-funded trials ranging from growing lucerne in Brecon to establishing sunflowers as a companion crop with maize, farmers are being invited to apply for the next round of funding from the initiative that brought...
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change, Huw Irranca-Davies, congratulates ‘the best of the best’ for the Lantra Cymru Awards 2024
17 January 2025
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & Climate Change, Huw Irranca-Davies, has congratulated each of the winners and nominees for the Lantra Cymru Awards 2024. Attending this year’s awards celebration event (16...
Farming Connect courses aid new farm office support business launch
10 January 2025
Completing a series of courses largely funded by Farming Connect has given a Welsh dairy farmer the knowledge and confidence to launch a business that provides office administrative support to other...
Farming Connect roadshow to advise farmers on succession planning and proposed IHT relief cut
8 January 2025
As Welsh farming families consider the implications of the UK government’s plan to limit 100% agricultural and business relief for inheritance tax (IHT) to the first £1m of value, Farming Connect is launching a roadshow of...
Episode 111 - How Welsh Farmers are lowering sheep's carbon impact
Janet Roden will outline the work that has taken place in Wales on lowering the carbon footprint of sheep, and how farmers that are part of the Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme with Farming Connect can get involved.
Episode 110 - Breeding sheep with a lower carbon footprint
Suzanne Rowe is a Senior Researcher with AgResearch in New Zealand, and is the world expert in breeding sheep with a lower carbon footprint. Suzanne will outline the background of the work happening in NZ and the history behind developing...