Skills and Training

This module sets out the many ways in which the new and existing woods and trees provide multiple benefits to both the farm business and farm environment.

This module describes the benefits and use of fodder beet as an effective grazing livestock crop.

In this module you will learn about farming in Wales’s designated landscapes (National Parks and National Landscapes,  also known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)), mostly farming in a sustainable way that benefits people, landscape and nature.

Achieving net zero is an essential action as part of the UK’s legally binding commitments made in the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015 and made law in 2016, which aims to limit global warming to below 2˚C, and preferably under...

Management and availability of natural and semi-natural areas are vital for maintaining and improving biodiversity levels across Wales. High biodiversity levels are associated with a range of ecosystem services, including reducing emissions, pollination and managing pests and diseases, to name...

This course will look at factors relating to farm emissions and maximising carbon sequestration within sustainable farming and land management practices. Energy efficiency strategies will be discussed as well as energy production via renewable technologies as a way to reduce...

This course takes participants through the key characteristics of most of the plant-based farm habitats which are mentioned in the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals, and provides information on how to do a quick survey to identify habitat types. By the...

The simple dictionary definition of propagation is as follows: the act of producing a new plant from a parent plant.
Methods of propagating hardy nursery  species (HNS) are often specific to the species or plant type and different plants are...

Technology is essential to and so incredibly varied across all walks of life, and its use in monitoring wildlife is no different. Technology can not only gather data that we would otherwise be unable to attain, such as behaviours gathered...

Poultry production is a growing sector of agriculture in the UK, due to the increasing demand for poultry meat and egg products. Poultry manure is a by-product of this production and is rich in nutrients, which can provide a major...