Planning and Finance
This module helps you establish a formal business plan for your farm which you’ll need when applying for funds or loans, or when expanding or changing the farm operation in some substantial way.
This module helps you establish a formal business plan for your farm which you’ll need when applying for funds or loans, or when expanding or changing the farm operation in some substantial way.
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...
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...
Piglet mortality rates in Wales can be as much as 20%, with half of these deaths occurring within the first 3 days of life. This module will help you identify and reduce known risks in order to minimise piglet mortality...
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.