Skills and Training

In this unit we look at how you, your family, and your staff can minimise your risk, reduce your stress and stay healthy and safe on the farm.  

By making small improvements dairy farmers can make significant energy savings. This module focuses on processes that consume the most energy on a dairy farm: milk harvesting, milk cooling, and water heating for cleaning and explores how energy storage can...

While farmers already focus on supplying food through crops and livestock, there can be a disconnect when it comes to horticultural growing. This module aims to enhance your understanding of horticultural ventures, from start-up to development, providing a valuable starting...

This module will show you how to get the most out of your grass resource, reduce grass wastage, and improve livestock performance. 

Most energy consumption for fixed equipment in the Cereals Sector is used in grain drying, and grain storage, with heat being the largest energy use. This module focuses on these main energy-using processes; any technology improvement or increase in process...

In Wales 53% of all field boundaries are hedgerows adding to rural distinctiveness. There is great diversity in Welsh hedgerows, from gorse hedges on coastal stone-faced banks, to the skilled laid hedges of inland areas. There is a rich cultural...

This module describes the benefits and use of fodder beet as an effective grazing livestock crop.

Businesses related to land have a big influence on many things like the environment, our food, the economy, and our health. 
It is important to realize that even though they might seem different, they are all still businesses at their...

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...