This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January – March 2024

Main Objectives

• Further improve the output of the suckler cow enterprise through the use of superior genetics and technology.
• Evaluate and develop the sheep enterprise as it currently does not...

Typically a 1 day training course and assessment dependent upon experience.  A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.

Sit-astride all-terrain vehicles (ATVs, also known as Quad Bikes or Quadbikes) are incredibly versatile machines. Their flexibility means they can work...

Agroforestry includes both the integration of trees on farmland and the use of agricultural crops and livestock in woodlands. Intensive arable and livestock systems can produce high yields per unit area and labour, but they can also have negative environmental...

Project aims:

• The aim of the project is to reduce the days to slaughter in rare pig breeds through...

In this advance level masterclass, farmers will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of key parasites of sheep and develop an understanding of the effects of these parasites on the animal and flock, together with any statutory obligations. Advice...

This module describes the benefits and practice of implementing effective composting on your farm. 

In Wales 53% of all field boundaries are hedgerows adding to rural distinctiveness. There is great diversity in Welsh hedgerows, from gorse hedges on coastal stone-faced banks, to the skilled laid hedges of inland areas. There is a rich cultural...

Telescopic lift trucks are widely used in Agriculture and Construction for moving materials and goods, but according to the HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) for rider-operated lift trucks, they are involved in 25% of all workplace transport accidents, this...

Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?

To improve grass quality through rotational grazing: we are growing more grass as a result of grazing sheep and cattle on a...