Improving Soil Health
This module describes the use and implementation of no-till or min-till systems to improve soil health and lower costs of production.
Skills and Training
Mandatory Unit: Pesticide Safety
This unit describes the safe storage, use and disposal of pesticides.
Agricultural Air Pollution
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.
Principles of Plant Pests and Diseases
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. Find out...
Grassland Species
This module presents the advantages of different types of grass.
Reducing agri-pollution
This module highlights some of the measures which farmers can employ to reduce the potential for agricultural pollution.
Agroceuticals – Daffodils and Alzheimer’s
Looking at ways to provide upland farmers with an alternative source of income from land that is otherwise limited in its farming options.
Foliar Feed - Feeding Leaves Not Soil
Foliar fertiliser application is an alternative method providing fertiliser nutrients directly to a plant’s leaves compared to most solid or prill fertilisers which are incorporated through the soil via the plant’s roots. This can lower inputs with higher targeting to...
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).
Slurry Management
This module addresses the need for silage, slurry and rainwater infrastructure management.