"Biodiversity on our farms" Forging a clear connection between habitat management on farm working hand in hand with food production whilst improving the environmental performance of our farms.

Below is the 34th 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 our...

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 - May 2021.

Below is the 33rd 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 our...

4 June 2021

Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• Current land management approaches will need to change in order to meet the challenges associated with net zero emissions.
• This will include increasing land management practices...

26 May 2021

Agriculture accounts for around 12% of Wales' GHG emissions, and it has a crucial role to play in helping Wales meet its commitment to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. 

Similarly, agriculture is central to addressing...

21 May 2021

Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• Natural capital is the part of nature that delivers goods and services of value to human societies.
• Increasingly, the value of natural capital is being incorporated...

20 May 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Sustainable agriculture looks to maintain production whilst reducing detrimental outputs but can mean different things to different people
• For agriculture to be sustainable it must balance economic, social and...