Business: December 2021 – March 2022
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.
Ambitious new entrant Thomas Phillips has got his career mapped out, with a helping hand from Farming Connect’s training provision
5 July 2022
When Pembrokeshire-born Thomas Phillips was a 14 year-old schoolboy trying to plan his future work prospects, he didn’t think his lifelong dream of working with livestock stood a chance because he is from a non-farming background. ...
WEBINAR: Grant information webinar: Small Grants – Yard Coverings & Nutrient Management Investment Schemes - 05/07/2022
Speaker: Richard Evans, Welsh Government
Small Grants – Yard Coverings and Nutrient Management Investment schemes supports farmers in Wales to improve on-farm nutrient management, by investing in existing on-farm infrastructure and equipment.
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Alun Elidyr & Bryan Rees - Working safely on slopes - 04/07/2022
The role of the Wales Farm Safety Partnership (WFSP) is to raise awareness of farm safety. So this is well-known farmer, Lantra instructor and farm safety mentor Brian Rees shares his advice with Alun Elidyr, one of the WFSP's Ambassadors...
Episode 65 - Improving the environmental and economic performance of the farm
Geraint Davies of Fedw Arian Uchaf Farm near Bala shares what he’s been doing to improve the environmental and economic performance of his farm from planting new hedgerows to incorporating rotational grazing and trialling agroforestry. Also on the podcast is...
Understanding Welsh farmers’ mental health concerns as farming policy changes
1 July 2022
Farming in Wales is Changing. Shifts in government policies, the impacts of COVID-19 and a changing climate mean many farms will have to adapt their farming systems. Health can have a big impact on the capacity...
Timothy is generating good early and mid-season growth on a Welsh upland farm and has the potential to fill gaps when perennial ryegrass growth falters.
30 June 2022
At 430 metres at its highest point, the land farmed by John and Sarah Yeomans and their family can be a challenging environment for growing grass on the shoulders of the season but by incorporating timothy...
EIP Wales: Welsh birch sap - 28/06/2022
Geraint Hughes of Lafan Consulting and Bryan Dickinson of Wild Resourced Limited discuss the progress on the EIP Wales project looking into birch sap processing.
Zoom Around The World - Cows from the Netherlands use toilets?! - 28/06/2022
Have you ever seen a cow use a toilet? Continue watching and you'll see exactly that...
On this episode of Zoom Around the World, we visit the Netherlands to see how dairy farmer Jan Willem Tijken uses this innovative technology...
FCTV - Silage - 27/06/2022
Over the winter, silage is the backbone of the feed system on most farms here in Wales, so it is vital that we get that management right. During this programme, we will visit farms that have changed their silage systems...