Skills and Training

Are you a horticultural business? Farming Connect can support you to complete UA4 (CPD) of the Sustainable Farming Scheme.

For horticulture farm businesses joining the SFS in 2026, the following e-learning modules completed from summer 2025 will count towards the...

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.

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.

Parasites are a hazard for all pigs but those kept in more intensive conditions and in permanently occupied areas that are never washed are more likely to build-up significant worm populations that can become a burden to the animals.

Avian influenza (AI) or bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease of birds. It affects both wild and domestic birds and some strains are more pathogenic than others, resulting in a range of symptoms from very mild respiratory signs...

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...

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 course will provide information about two key reliefs which help to reduce inheritance tax - Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR). The course will look at what the reliefs are, how and when they apply and...

This module examines the causes and prevention of Injurious pecking (IP) in laying hens.