“It’s never too late to learn about farming” - 22/02/2023
Nadine Evans has got no farming background whatsoever – but where there’s a will there’s often a way and ‘farming is all I ever wanted to do!’ Now in her early 50s, Liverpool-born Nadine is finally living the rural dream...
“It’s never too late to learn about farming” – Nadine Evans is loving her new life as a farm worker
22 February 2023
Nadine Evans has got no farming background whatsoever – but where there’s a will there’s often a way and ‘farming is all I ever wanted to do!’ Now in her early 50s, Liverpool-born Nadine is finally...
Episode 77 - Get on the Farming Ladder
The second episode within our new entrant to agriculture series brings together four young farmers which were all raised on family farms in North Wales but have decided to forge their own career in Agriculture through various joint venture agreements...
Risk Mapping Guidance - 14/02/2023
As part of the Control of Agricultural Pollution regulations 2021 every farm business which
spreads organic manure will be required to produce a Risk Map from the 1 January 2023.
Value of expert advice and ideas sharing demonstrated by high quality silage project
9 February 2023
A group of Welsh livestock farmers is collectively capturing feed savings of £26,000 a year across their sheep flocks by increasing the metabolisable energy (ME) value of their silage.
The Farming Connect-facilitated Hiraethog Discussion Group has...
Episode 76 - Why agriculture was the career of choice for our new entrants panel
The average age of a Welsh farmer is 60, and only 3% of farmers are under 35 - what more can be done to encourage new entrants into agriculture? In our two part series we've asked our first four new...
Study shows how novel techniques can cut ammonia levels in poultry systems
27 January 2023
Novel techniques that reduce ammonia levels in poultry litter could help livestock farmers meet new environmental targets.
A three-year Farming Connect trial at Wern Farm, near Welshpool, showed how introducing non-infective bacteria into sheds had dried...