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...
‘Saving lives and livelihoods’ - Welsh farmers urged to attend farm safety awareness workshops to reduce the risks to life and limb
27 March 2018
In the last ten years, 388 farmers, their family members or farm workers have been killed on British farms and of these, 38 were in Wales. Thousands more have suffered serious injuries which still impact daily...
Farming Connect is looking to expand its network of farmer mentors. Could this be your chance to share valuable life lessons and experience with others and ‘give back’ to the Welsh agri-industry?
21 March 2018
The Farming Connect mentoring programme has been running for two years and over 100 farmers and foresters have already used the service, totalling over 750 hours of peer to peer support. To address growing demand, the...
High-flying Nuffield scholar to lead Farming Connect Agri Academy Junior Programme
21 March 2018
He’s a chartered surveyor and rural valuer, a Nuffield scholar, a local radio presenter and in agricultural circles,
he’s in demand at home and internationally as a public speaker too! Now, Carmarthenshire farmer’s son Aled Rhys...
