Ceredigion farming family evaluate their skill set and decide on personal development pathways with support from Farming Connect
John and Meinir Thomas, together with their eldest son Gethin (21) farm at their 500 acre upland family holding, Cefnllanio, near Tregaron. They run a herd of 65 suckler cows, mainly Hereford cross, together with around 1,000 Welsh Mountain and Welsh...
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.
Farming Connect training courses – application window open 1 - 30 June 2016
Farmers and foresters registered with the new Farming Connect programme can apply online for up to 80% funding for short, accredited training courses available through ‘Invest in Skills & Mentoring’, Farming Connect’s innovative new lifelong learning and development programme. Farming Connect is funded...
Tractor Driving - Front End Loader
Typically a 1 - 2 day training course with integrated assessment (dependent upon experience). A certificate will be issued following successful completion.
The tractor is an essential piece of machinery for so many businesses and operating it safely and efficiently...
Introduction to Agricultural Business Planning
This is a 1 day course with a certificate of attendance upon completion.
This course deals with gross margins of enterprises and essentially budgeting. It looks at the factors that impact upon gross margins, and how to mitigate them. It...
Introduction to Worm Control and Faecal Egg Counting for Sheep Producers
This is a 1 day training course with a certificate awarded following completion.
Do you keep sheep ? You can find out if they have worms or parasites by carrying out a faecal egg count.
It is well documented that...
Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) & Safe Application of Pesticides Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment (PA2)
Typically a 2 day training course with an assessment on a different day. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.
PA1 = This qualification meets the legal requirements of the Control of Pesticides Regulations and lets you work unsupervised...
Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment (PA2F) - Weed Wiper
Typically a 1 day training course with an assessment on a different day. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.
PA2F = Weed Wiper to be fixed to the back of a tractor or ATV. This is an additional...