Skills and Training

In this course you will learn about the importance of a good grazing system and about the most common types in use in Wales. The benefits and drawbacks of each grazing approach will be discussed.

Diffuse pollution is pollution that enters the environment such as a watercourse in a way that cannot be clearly attributed to a single activity. This might be through multiple sources or a single source but entering a watercourse in multiple...

This module addresses the need for infrastructure management, current legislation, storage and handling and the impacts of rainwater.

This module aims to introduce you to concepts relating to soil health, particularly the processes and management considerations relating to maintaining soil health and avoiding soil erosion and damage. It will also introduce you to the wider importance of soils...

CEA allows total control of growing environment, increasing efficiency and precision of production and resource usage, sometimes referred to as ‘Vertical Farming’ and typically refers to environments where all requirements are provided by the system (light, water, nutrients, etc.).

Farming in Protected Sites requires a sensitive approach to agriculture. This module highlights the support available to farmers and the challenges of conserving some of Wales’ most important landscapes, habitats and species. In Wales, more than 80% of the land...

Plant pests and diseases (P&D) lead to production and sales losses.
Understand and be aware of the current biosecurity pressures the UK faces and learn how to maintain high levels of hygiene and ways of reducing P&D outbreaks.
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The technologies used on farms are constantly evolving, as such, for context, this eLearning was last updated in October 2024. In recent years, there has been significant growth in precision technologies, often referred to as Precision Farming or Precision Agriculture...

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...