Farm Nutrient Management
This module examines key factors in managing nutrients on your farmland to save money and improve the organic content of your soil. It is equally applicable to those within or outside a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ).
This module examines key factors in managing nutrients on your farmland to save money and improve the organic content of your soil. It is equally applicable to those within or outside a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ).
Pests and diseases can be a big problem in horticulture. Anything that is damaging your crops, or impacting the nutrients or light available, can impact your levels of production and ultimately your yields and profits. Understanding how to recognise certain...
This unit describes the safe storage, use and disposal of pesticides.
This course will give an overview of agricultural air pollution issues and will cover ways in which farming can be modified to reduce damaging emissions.
This course will give an overview of the future direction of agriculture in Wales based on aims relating to sustainable farming and the Sustainable Land Management framework. It will aim to introduce the 5 core themes that make up the...
This course is an introduction to nutrient management planning on improved land and the elements included in a nutritional management plan. At the end of this module, you should be able to understand the importance of a nutrient management plan...
Farm businesses are facing tighter profit margins than ever before, with the costs of many inputs beginning to outstrip the value of products in certain systems. One way to address this is by exploring the reduction of inputs, to mitigate...
This module presents the advantages of different types of grass.
This module takes you through bracken as a habitat; when it has high nature value and when it doesn’t; control methods; and some uses for bracken and bracken-covered land. At the end of the module you should have a better...
In this course we look at strategies for controlling weeds.