TWO dairy farmers near Raglan, Monmouthshire, are taking part in an EIP Wales project which is one of the first of its kind in the UK to investigate how electrophysical weeding can reduce our...
Farming Connect announces first skills application window for 2020
FARMING Connect's first skills application window of 2020 will open at 09:00 on Monday, 6 January and close at 17:00, Friday, 28 February.
With a number of new face...
The future looks bright for farmers who focus on continuing professional development
ONE of Welsh agriculture's most prominent personalities, young farmer Chris Hanks, who is currently chair of Future Farmers of Wales, is lending his support to Farming Connect's campaign to...
Farming Connect Mentor supporting growth in the care farming sector
A PIONEER of care farming in Wales is mentoring other farmers contemplating diversifying into a sector that provides therapy, education and rehabilitation to some of society’s most vulnerable...
Farming Connect’s Venture programme has helped facilitate a hugely successful joint venture arrangement for two Carmarthenshire farming families
CARMARTHENSHIRE farmer Bryan Thomas has dedicated his working life to being a dairy man. Originally tenants at Berllan Dywyll in Llangathen, which is today a 270 acre holding, Bryan and his wife...
Ail hadu Gwyndonnydd Amlrywogaeth ar Fferm Moor Farm
Mae ffermwr llaeth o Sir Benfro yn tyfu gwyndonnydd amlrywogaeth er mwyn rhoi hwb i iechyd y pridd a diogelu'r cyflenwad porthiant rhag amodau sych yn ystod y tymor...
Jamaican farmer is star attraction at Innovation and Diversification Wales Show
HE'S a pro at farming, can turn his hand to making gluten-free sausages and he's brilliant at marketing! The Black Farmer's next project is to inspire rural entrepreneurs in Wales to embrace...
Farming Connect campaign to reduce agricultural pollution
FARMING Connect are coordinating a ‘Reducing Agricultural Pollution’ campaign on behalf of the Wales Land Management Forum’s sub-group on agricultural pollution.
The Wales Land Management...
Menter Moch Cymru & Wales YFC Pig Finishing Winners Announced
BUILDING on the success of the Wales YFC & Menter Moch Cymru Pig Finishing Initiative in 2017, we are pleased to be working together again to offer this unique opportunity for young farmers in...
Neil Hamilton AM urges farmers to get behind Farming in Wales campaign
NEIL Hamilton, AM for Mid & West Wales and Leader of UKIP Wales, is urging farmers to get behind a new campaign to promote farming in Wales.
NFU Cymru want farmers to spread the...