Glastir Woodland Creation
The third window for Expressions of Interest (EOI) in Glastir Woodland Creation will open on 30 August 2016 and close at midnight 14 October 2016.
The Glastir Woodland Creation scheme provides financial support for new planting. Financial support is also available...
A European approach to facing the challenges of climate change in ruminant agriculture
By, Dr. Ruth Wonfor, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Researchers at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University have recently led a European collaborative review summarising present research in mathematical modelling of European ruminant production under climate change. The...
Could current agricultural practice be tailored to combat climate change?
By, William Stiles, IBERS, Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Manmade emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane have resulted in considerable increases in global atmospheric concentrations of carbon, which have modified natural carbon cycles. Such changes to the carbon cycle can influence...
Pen y Gelli - Rotational Grazing
Here's Gethin Davies our Red Meat Technical Officer for North Wales visiting Pen y Gelli, one of our focus sites to see their new rotational grazing system.
English Subtitles available on YouTube.
The benefits of hedgerows and trees for agriculture
By William Stiles, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Woodland patches and hedgerows are essential components of the agri-ecosystem. The resource of trees and hedgerows on farms has declined in the UK in the twentieth century, due primarily to agricultural intensification which has driven...
Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs meets Farming Connect Demonstration Network at the Royal Welsh Show
The new Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs has heard first-hand how Farming Connect is helping to promote best practice and innovation in agriculture and forestry.
Lesley Griffiths met members of the Farming Connect Demonstration Network at the...
Pioneering Welsh grassland farm is the first in the country to grow a new variety of high yielding, high protein clover
At an open day celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies, visitors to Llysun, Llanerfyl, near Welshpool, had the chance to learn more about balansa clover. The annual legume, which farmer Richard Tudor first...
Farming Connect Information Booklet
Farming Connect provides farm and forestry businesses in Wales with support, advice, guidance and training on both a one-to-one and group basis.
Many services are fully funded, others are subsidised by up to 80% for eligible businesses.