FCTV - EIP- 19/08/2022
During this programme, we’ll be catching up with some of the farmers who are taking part in EIP projects, to hear how they are trialling innovative ideas that can help with some of the challenges they face.
Beef farmer launches direct meat sales business after Farming Connect-funded study
16 August 2022
A suckler beef producer who has established a direct sales business for meat produced by her family’s Red Ruby Devon herd says farmers who adopt grazing techniques to grow cattle slowly need to be incentivised with...
Welsh livestock farm plans feed budget now to avoid winter fodder deficit
11 August 2022
Drawing up a feed budget has allowed a Powys livestock farm to make decisions on winter feed early, before any potential deficits occur, in what has been a challenging growing year for farmers across Wales.
The...
Zoom Around The World - 2021 Pig Producer of the Year unit tour - LSB Pigs (full video) - 02/08/2022
For readers of the Farmers Guardian or Farmers Weekly, Rob McGregor, will be a familiar name and known to many in the industry for his innovative work as the Unit Manager for Award-winning Pig Producer, LSB Pigs.
In this episode...
Zoom Around The World - LSB Pigs - 02/08/2022
For readers of the Farmers Guardian or Farmers Weekly, Rob McGregor, will be a familiar name and known to many in the industry for his innovative work as the Unit Manager for Award-winning Pig Producer, LSB Pigs.
In this episode...
New Farming Connect workshop will help farmers manage fertility in sheep flocks
1 August 2022
Farming Connect has added an additional module to its fully-funded Animal Health & Welfare (AH&W) training workshop provision.
‘Flock fertility management’ is being rolled out throughout Wales this summer, bringing the total number of workshop...
FC - Issue 40 - July/August 2022
Below is the 40th 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...
Episode 67 - Forage based regenerative farming with Marc Jones at Trefnant Hall, Welshpool
In this episode our Red Meat Technical Officer Lisa Roberts revisit's Marc Jones and his family at Trefnant Hall, Welshpool. Marc was deservedly rewarded last year with the British Grassland Society 'grassland farmer of the year' award. Lisa and Marc...
Biodiversity and Technology
8 July 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Biodiversity contributes unseen benefits and is essential for a sustainable future
- Traditional biodiversity evaluation is time consuming, costly and difficult to scale up
- Technologies could help to collate and...