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PURCHASING pigs and a journey into pig rearing will be on the menu as Menter Moch Cymru jump on the online platform for this year’s virtual Royal Welsh Smallholding and Countryside Festival. Rain or shine the public will be able to tune in for this year’s remote festival from the comfort of their own home with Menter Moch Cymru working in collaboration with Farming Connect. The adapted festival will take place this weekend, with the first webinar being held on Saturday, May 15 at 2pm. It will offer an insight into pig breeders Cennydd and Naiomi’s journey who farm in Ceredigion

Farming Connect is focussing on small scale diversification ventures that have the potential to scale up, in an online programme of events targeted at smallholders and farmers. The series of events is part of this year’s ‘remote’ Royal Welsh Smallholding and Countryside Festival which launched in May but remains available online. Beekeeping, which does so much to improve biodiversity; a recently established cut flower and ‘pick your own’ soft fruit enterprise set up during lockdown, together with guidance on running a successful, high quality pig unit, are all key themes. Fa...

The incident meant the contents were at serious risk of flowing out into the field below. “I informed Natural Resources Wales (NRW) immediately as it was clear the tank itself could collapse, which risked prosecution and a hefty fine,” said Ifan. A prompt site visit from one of NRW’s technical team reassured him that he would be given time to implement a temporary solution to avoid the immediate risk of land pollution but it was also made clear that although they were sympathetic, he urgently needed to put long-term plans in place to avoid failing cross-compliance regulations. R...

A POWYS dairy farmer has turned a potential environmental catastrophe into success story

May 7, 2021 6:10 am A project carried out in Wales has detected wormer resistance to one or more wormers groups on 98% of participating farms. The initiative, which was funded through the Farming Connect Advisory Service, uses a flock Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test (FECRT) to establish whether resistance exists to anthelmintic drenches in flocks. Last year, 49 sheep farms made use of the service, with testing carried out between June and November. The testing Sampling packs were provided by parasite management company Techion, and Faecal Egg Counts (FECs) were carried out on pooled dung samp...