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 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. 

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...

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...

Who is managing safely for?

Managing Safely is unlike any other course. You’ll find a practical programme, full of step-by-step guidance, and a sharp business focus. But you’ll also find that the highly innovative format and content engages and inspires...

This course is a 1 day training course and a certificate of attendance will be issued on completion of the course.

This course will enable you to look at having a successful team to get the job done within your...

This is a 1 day workshop with a certificate of attendance issued upon completion.

This workshop has been designed to deliver practical, useful information to help you care for the calf in its early months.

Aimed at stockmen on farm...

This is 1 day course with a certificate of attendance issued upon completion.

This course will teach you the skills to look at the feasibility of various enterprises and the effect of a diversification on the existing enterprises. It looks...