Pigs | Farming Connect

17 March 2023

Menter a Busnes to appoint 100 mentors for new Farming Connect programme

17 March 2023 Food processing and butchery, sheep dog handling, viticulture and regenerative farming – in the current Farming Connect programme - approved mentors offer fully funded one-to-one support on an increasingly wide range of topics. “Receiving confidential one-to-one guidance...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Bees/Honey, Dairy, Diversification, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep, Succession, Viticulture

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

16 March 2023

Biological controls halve Welsh pig unit’s nuisance fly numbers

16 March 2023 Infestations of nuisance and biting flies at a Welsh pig unit have halved since beneficial insects were introduced as a method to control the fly lifecycle. Predatory flies, which feed off insects like the common house fly...

Type: News Key Sector: Pigs

Theme: Business, Livestock

8 March 2023

FC - Issue 43 - January/February 2023

Below is the 43rd 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...

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

27 February 2023

Venture: June 2022 – December 2022

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2022 - December 2022.

Type: Dashboards Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business Key Specialism: Joint Ventures

22 February 2023

“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...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

22 February 2023

“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 living...

Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

14 February 2023

Farm Workbook - Water Resources Regulations 2021 Guidance Notes - 14/02/2023

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

14 February 2023

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.

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

7 February 2023

Focus on Gut Health in Pigs and Poultry

7 February 2023 Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Since the ban on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters, gut health has been the focus of animal nutrition to improve performance and reduce the burden of enteric diseases A number...

Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Pigs, Poultry

Theme: Livestock

20 January 2023

Lantra Cymru Awards 2022 – Welsh Government Rural Affairs Minister congratulates this year’s award winners

20 January 2023 Every nominee for this year’s Lantra Cymru Awards scheme has demonstrated their commitment to lifelong learning and maintaining the highest standards across all areas of working, Welsh Government Minister Lesley Griffiths has said. The Minister has thanked...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Pigs, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

Menter a Busnes to appoint 100 mentors for new Farming Connect programme

Biological controls halve Welsh pig unit’s nuisance fly numbers

FC - Issue 43 - January/February 2023

Venture: June 2022 – December 2022

“It’s never too late to learn about farming” - 22/02/2023

“It’s never too late to learn about farming” – Nadine Evans is loving her new life as a farm worker

Farm Workbook - Water Resources Regulations 2021 Guidance Notes - 14/02/2023

Risk Mapping Guidance - 14/02/2023

Focus on Gut Health in Pigs and Poultry

Lantra Cymru Awards 2022 – Welsh Government Rural Affairs Minister congratulates this year’s award winners

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