Farmers were given a chance to visit Nant yr Efail Farm, Betws yn Rhos, which is a family farm with 700 ewes, lambs and rams, and beef cows for a Farming Connect open day.

Gethin Owen and his father...

Switching from a traditional three-cut silage system to cutting more frequently has lifted forage quality at a Carmarthenshire college farm.

Gelli Aur, a Farming Connect Innovation Site and host of the recent Royal Welsh Muck and Soil Event 2017, is trialling...

Take home messages:

• Increasing the presence of trees in crop or grass systems can offer multiple benefits in terms of agricultural production.
• Agroforestry practices are simple to instigate and can make farmland production more stable in the long term.
• This...

Below is the 9th 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...

During the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, Eirwen Williams, one of the directors at Menter a Busnes, was recognised by CARAS, the Council for Awards of Royal Agricultural Societies throughout the UK. The aim of CARAS is to give recognition...