FC - Issue 38 - March/April 2022
Below is the 38th 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...
Lantra Cymru Awards 2021 – Minister congratulates winners and says the future of farming is in safe hands.
25 February 2022
Due to the Covid 19 restrictions, which necessitated the prestigious Lantra Cymru Awards 2021 having to be judged remotely, the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd, Lesley Griffiths pre-recorded a short message which was...
Have you got an up-to-date business plan? Don’t miss out – apply now!
31 January 2022
Business looks bright for almost 4,500 Welsh farm and forestry businesses that have received support through the Farming Connect Advisory Service, with almost 7,000 claims for support already completed by the service. These are the industry...
Cryptosporidium and livestock as zoonotic risks
25 January 2022
Dr David Cutress and Dr Gwen Rees: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Cryptosporidium species pose a significant risk to both human and animal health and welfare
- These protozoan parasites can pass from animal to animal and animal...
FC - Issue 37 - January/February 2022
Below is the 37th 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...
A new Learn Welsh course for the agricultural sector
19 January 2022
This week, the National Centre for Learning Welsh and Menter a Busnes have launched a new online Learn Welsh course for the agricultural sector.
The 10-hour short course, part of the Centre’s ‘Work Welsh’ scheme, is...
Powys farmer Beccie Williams learned what it takes to run a successful commercial poultry enterprise thanks to Farming Connect
19 January 2022
Beccie Williams is a wife, a mum to three young children and now a full-time poultry farmer too. Beccie and her husband Matthew took over his parents’ tenanted beef and sheep farm in Llanbister, near Llandrindod...
Poultry: October 2020 – September 2021
This dashboard outlines poultry key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2020 - September 2021.
Innovation demonstrated in Farming Connect project helps Pruex win agri-tech award
25 November 2021
A Welsh business whose automated spraying systems have resulted in significant improvements in the housing environment of chickens at a Farming Connect demonstration site has won a major new award for innovation.
Pruex’s work at Wern...