04 Jun 2020 News Agriculture, COVID‐19 (coronavirus) New animal health ambassador for Stoc+ Project An animal health project has welcomed a new veterinary ambassador to support proactive animal health planning on beef and sheep farms in Wales. Alun
04 Jun 2020 News Agriculture, Digital tools and technology ‘Insta’ sensation Anna Truesdale is one of the star attractions of Farming Connect’s online Women in Agriculture week (June 15 – 21) When a visiting politician asked an impressionable 14 year old schoolgirl, Anna Truesdale from County Down in Northern Ireland, what she wanted to be
03 Jun 2020 News Agriculture, Food and drink, COVID‐19 (coronavirus), Grants Welsh Dairy Support Scheme is open for applications Applications for the new Welsh dairy support scheme will open on 18 June, supporting farmers hardest hit by the recent exceptional market conditions
02 Jun 2020 News Agriculture Bull beef finishing goes head to head with store production at Welsh farm An intensive bull beef finishing system could help a Ceredigion suckler enterprise add value to cattle. Huw and Meinir Jones want to maximise herd
01 Jun 2020 News Agriculture World Milk Day To celebrate World Milk Day, a taster of how Wales Rural Development Programme through its Sustainable Production Grant supports the Welsh Dairy
27 May 2020 News Agriculture Farming Connect is determined to reach out to women in farming - the driving force behind many successful rural businesses in Wales The number of females registered with Farming Connect is less than half the number of males registered. It’s a ratio that Eirwen Williams, director of
19 May 2020 News Agriculture Put quality before quantity by cutting silage early, farmers advised Dairy farmers who improve silage quality by just 1 metabolisable energy (ME) value, to 11.5ME, will produce an additional 60,000 litres of milk from a