Red Meat: May 2020 – August 2020
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between May 2020 - August 2020.
Farming Connect make plans to Zoom around the World
3 November 2020
As restrictions on unnecessary travel continue due to Covid-19, Farming Connect is taking farmers and foresters on a series of virtual international farm tours. It will build on the aims of the popular Management Exchange and...
Digital disregard and inequality in rural areas
6 October 2020
Dr David Cutress, Aberystwyth University.
- Internet access is not universal across the entirety of the UK with there being clear evidence of an urban/rural divide
- Agriculture, along with all other sectors are advancing into a...
Think smart, farm more efficiently and save money in the bargain!
1 October 2020
Effective land management strategies are critically important to all farmers. Thanks to Farming Connect’s expanded range of fully funded e-learning courses you can acquire the knowledge you need from the comfort of your own home, at...
Precision livestock technologies in the pig sector
30 September 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Pig meat has been one of the top sources of meat globally for over 40 years
- Precision technologies aim to improve efficiency, productivity and animal welfare of pigs with...
Livestock: April 2020 – July 2020
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2020 – July 2020.
FC - Issue 29 - September/October 2020
Below is the 29th 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...
Farming Connect’s skills application window opens and all face-to-face training resumes
2 September 2020
Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to the restrictions of Covid-19, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses are now available both indoors and externally provided...
WEBINAR: Starting in pigs - 01/09/2020
Menter Moch Cymru and Farming Connect explore the factors that should be considered before a farm business diversifies into pig keeping.
Ken Stebbings, Menter Moch Cymru Development Officer, discusses:
- Defining the pig system
- Set up costs
- Business planning
- Profitability
Pig farming...