Discussion group membership helps family farm utilise fresh ideas
12 December 2024
A small-scale pedigree beef producer is capitalising on his limited resources by utilising best practice ideas gained from a network of fellow farmers brought together by Farming Connect as a discussion group.
Peter Lowe, who farms with...
Farming Connect sampling highlights opportunities to improve soil health on Welsh farms
11 December 2024
Many Welsh farms are missing out on grass yield potential because they fall short on pH and key macronutrients (P, K, Mg), a Farming Connect report of agricultural soils has shown.
More than 3,000 soil samples were...
Farmers advised to set emissions reduction targets that work for their own systems
11 December 2024
Marginal gains achieved from multiple factors, ranging from increasing scanning and rearing percentages to finishing lambs earlier, will combine to both reduce emissions and increase profitability in Welsh sheep flocks.
Many of the key performance indicators (KPIs)...
Integrating drought-tolerant lucerne into its sheep rotation is helping a Welsh livestock farm reduce the risk of feed shortfalls
This deep-rooted nitrogen-fixing plant has leaves with an average crude protein content of 24% and a metabolisable energy value of 12, providing high quality grazing for lambs at Newton Farm, Brecon, because sheep mostly graze the leaves, not the lower...
New practices rolled out on family farm supported by Farming Connect
2 December 2024
A Welsh family farm has been encouraged to introduce new practices, from artificially inseminating beef cattle to growing new crops, incentivised by Farming Connect-funded training and discussion groups.
Iwan and Rhian Evans and their son, Dyfan, produce...
Why ignoring infectious diseases can lead to big issues in Welsh flocks
29 November 2024
Welsh sheep farmers are being urged to work closely with their vets to test for infectious diseases and to invest in post-mortems on animals that die from no obvious cause.
Maedi visna (MV), Border disease and other...
Agrisgôp’s role in germinating successful farm diversification business
28 November 2024
It has been a remarkable trajectory for farmer Cheryl Reeves in the six years since she utilised Farming Connect’s Agrisgôp programme to first explore the seed of her farm business diversification idea.
That business, the community interest...
Farming Connect ISSUE 7 - October - December 2024
Below is the 7th issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023.
It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...