This dashboard outlines organic key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2020 - September 2021.

9 December 2021

Under-sowing maize with grass is preventing winter soil erosion and nutrient loss at a Pembrokeshire livestock farm, and has the added benefit of winter grazing for tack sheep.

Mathew Van Dijk has hosted a Farming Connect...

6 December 2021

Sensors on trial at an Anglesey dairy farm to assist with slurry-spreading operations have the potential to help the industry with future pollution prevention regulations.

Erw Fawr, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Holyhead, is...

6 December 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• VPD is a pressure difference between the inside of plants and the surrounding environment which impacts water flow, growth efficiency and carbon fixation
• Accurately controlling VPD can lead to...

30 November 2021

Measuring grass covers weekly is pivotal to exploiting milk production from grazed grass on one of the driest farms in Wales. 

Maesllwch Home Farm in the Wye Valley is lucky to get 860mm (34 inches) of...

Dairy farmer, Rhys Williams, is a firm believer in developing and growing people – an ethos that’s enabled him to grow his enterprise to encompass over 2,000 acres and milking over 2,000 cows. Tune in to hear his story.

Ear to the Ground Podcast Transcript - Episode 53.docx

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For this episode of Zoom Around the World, Farming Connect has partnered with the Nature Friendly Farming Network UK to discover how Nature Means Business. 

There is growing pressure on the agricultural sector in Wales, the UK and across the...