Bee Keeping – An Introduction
Understand the basics of how to care for and manage bees, for honey production.
Understand the basics of how to care for and manage bees, for honey production.
Border Disease (BD) is classed as one of the “iceberg diseases” of sheep, it is a viral infection that affects sheep worldwide. In this module you will learn about clinical signs and treatment, prevention and control of the disease.
Lighting, milling, and grain drying contribute the most to energy consumption on Beef & Sheep farms.
A significant amount of diesel is also used for heating equipment and farm vehicles.
This module focuses on these main energy-using processes and provides...
Genetic improvement is a powerful tool for improving animal agriculture sustainability because the results are permanent and cumulative. Unlike nutritional and animal health interventions, which require continuous inputs, genetic improvements are made in one generation are passed onto the next...
Introduction
This one or two-day course enables learners within organisations that are creating and maintaining wildflower meadows to develop an understanding of their basic ecology and maximise the diversity inherent within a natural system.
Overview in brief
There is a...
Typically a 2 day training course with an assessment on a different day. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.
PA1 = This qualification meets the legal requirements of the Control of Pesticides Regulations and lets you work unsupervised...
Typically 1- 2 days training with an integrated assessment (course duration dependent upon how experienced you are in tractor driving). A certificate will be issued following successful completion.
The tractor is an essential piece of machinery for so many businesses...
Course outline:
Working Safely is a completely different approach to safety and health training. It’s a high-impact programme designed to be fun and get people fully involved. The first-class, jargon-free content is based on what people need to know in...
This module introduces and compares several collaborative working arrangements for the operation and management of a farm.
This module describes the importance of adequate colostrum supply and maintenance of hygiene when calving.