Mandatory Unit: Health and Safety – Risk Management in Forestry and Farming
In this unit we look at how you, your family, and your staff can minimise your risk, reduce your stress and stay healthy and safe on the farm.
In this unit we look at how you, your family, and your staff can minimise your risk, reduce your stress and stay healthy and safe on the farm.
This module looks at the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common scour or diarrhoea in calves.
Gastrointestinal nematode (roundworm) infestation is the most important infection limiting sheep production in the UK. Learn about diagnosis and treatment in this course.
Many livestock buildings have potential to be changed to provide improved health and performance of livestock, and thereby improve measured outputs such as feed efficiency, resource use, reduced medication, welfare indicators. And to support financial sustainability of the farm business...
This module introduces various topics that are essential for improving your soil fertility and increasing your yields. It will introduce you to understanding the basics of soil fertility, its components, measurement, and management practices. The module further introduces you to...
Cattle lameness is one of the most significant welfare and productivity issues in dairy farming, in this unit, learn how to identify and address lameness in cattle.
Understand the benefits of trees on upland livestock farms.
African Swine Fever is widely regarded as one of the most serious and damaging diseases affecting pigs worldwide. In this course we cover how the virus spreads, the symptoms, diagnosis, action and prevention.
Renewable heat is the production of heat from technologies that are considered renewable such as Biomass, Heat Pumps, Biogas Combustion and Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW)/Solar Thermal.
Chemical (pesticides or herbicides) control of pests and weeds has been an integral part of agriculture, food security and land use efficiency facilitating the production of safe and high-quality food and feed with improved yields. However, after application chemicals may...