Skills and Training

Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) avoids clearfelling and creates sustainable diverse forests which reduces risks posed by climate change and biotic threats.

Farms are essentially businesses, subject to the same demands for efficiency and success, while also facing distinctive challenges. It's crucial to assess your farm business from multiple angles to gauge your performance and pinpoint areas of strength or areas that...

Carbon emissions reductions are a rising priority for many businesses, driven partly by the UK's Net Zero emissions target for 2050.
This module introduces key concepts in carbon reporting and provides guidance on how to approach and conduct carbon calculations.
 

New technology has the potential to improve efficiency for sheep farmers and drive profitability. The key behind most technologies is data - collecting, comparing and utilising information to make better decisions that help drive farm efficiency. There are a range...

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...

This module will describe how to assess a sward, identify common grass species and give information on ryegrass, clovers and multi-species leys. Ploughing and re-seeding under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations will also be discussed.

Respiratory disease is a major cause of loss to the UK sheep industry through mortality and poor health. This course covers four specific respiratory diseases - pasteurellosis, atypical pneumonia, parasitic bronchitis and lung abscesses.

A range of semi-natural habitats are subject to managed burning including in particular moorland and heath, but also some mires and other wetlands (such as reedbeds), grasslands 

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a tool to control the damage and competition caused by pests, weeds and diseases. In this module you will learn the key principles of IPM and understand how they can be implemented by a horticultural...

In this course you will learn how to use genetic evaluation results to select the best breeding stock for your beef herd. We will discuss how performance is affected by both genetic and non-genetic factors, but it is the genetics...