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...
FC - Issue 2
Below is the second 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...
FC - Issue 1
Below is the first issue of Farming Connect’s new technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it will include easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and...
Sustainable options for producing home-grown organic poultry feed
Organic principles place a strong emphasis on maximising home-grown or local feed from the farm, but this can be difficult for poultry producers when creating rations for their stock.
Poultry rations are heavily dependent on imported ingredients, but fluctuations in global...
Planning a Diversification or New Enterprise on a 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...
Managing Poultry Manure
This module looks at managing poultry manure.
Farm Safety – Working Safely with Livestock
This course will highlight the risks of working with farm animals, especially cattle. Explain flight or fight responses, and covers how to avoid them, utilising the principles of safe handling and other methods.
Sit- Astride ATV's including Loads and Trailed Equipment
Typically a 1 day training course and assessment dependent upon experience. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.
Sit-astride all-terrain vehicles (ATVs, also known as Quad Bikes or Quadbikes) are incredibly versatile machines. Their flexibility means they can work...