The Programme will be split into three levels and will cover the following topics:
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Programme Level
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Meeting Topics
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Entry Level is for businesses who want to understand the principles of soils health, pasture management and grazing systems in order to improve the resilience and profitability of their farming business.
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Grazing Management Techniques & Pasture Measurement
Grazing System Design
Soil Health and Multispecies Leys
Efficient Use of Inputs
Grazing Management Planning – One to One Meeting
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Advanced Level - will provide support to businesses who have implemented grazing systems on their farm to optimise their management and scale up.
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Managing Pasture Quality for High Performance
Winter Feed Budgeting
Autumn Grazing Management
Spring Grazing Management
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Advanced Plus Level - will provide support to businesses who have implemented grazing systems on their farm to optimise their management and scale up.
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Applying Regenerative Principles
Management Software & Carbon Audits
Optimising Grazing Infrastructure
Performance Benchmarking
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*Please note these may be adapted to suit group members and farming systems
Delivery Method
- Groups will be put together by sector where possible: Beef and Sheep Farmers / Dairy Farmers
- Members will be split into regional groups.
- Meetings per regional group as follows:
- 3 x On-farm meetings (3-4 hours)
- 1x Virtual meeting (1-2 hours).
- 1x 1-2-1 session with each farmer
- Sector specific WhatsApp Groups to facilitate discussion and idea sharing between meetings
- Businesses will be expected to gather data on a set of Key Performance Indicators.
