Sustainable Farming - Overview of Resilience and Production
This course will look at factors relating to resilience and production within sustainable land management systems. These will include information relating to on farm assessment, benchmarking, biosecurity consideration and building resilient systems, to more conceptual information surrounding business planning, balancing...
Sit- in ATV Conventional Steered
Typically a 1 day training course and assessment dependent upon experience. A certificate will be issued following successful completion.
Sit-in all-terrain vehicles (ATVs, also known as Quad Bikes or Quadbikes) are incredibly versatile machines, making them popular, and vital tools...
Succession - It’s Not Just About Tax!
Succession is an important issue on a family farm and needs to be considered at an early stage to ensure the maximum options are available to the family. Our industry needs young people to ensure a successful future and we...
Pentref Isaf
Rhos y Madoc, Ruabon
Focus Site Project: Preventative Measures to Improve Calf Health
Project aims:
- This project will focus on disease prevention in calves and youngstock, looking at best practice and management tools to reduce respiratory diseases.
- The project will...
Net Zero for Beginners
Net Zero is one of many terms used regarding carbon emissions. As we approach the UK target year, discussion on the subject will only increase.
This module outlines what Net Zero is, explains some key terms and principles, and gives...
Castration of Calves
Castration: Getting the Best Result for Farm and Calf
Climate Change and Livestock
Learn about the sources and mitigation strategies of greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock sector.
Llwynmendy
Llwynmendy, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Focus Site project: Correlation between earthworms and soil health, in addition to evaluating bokashi (fermenting organic matter)
Project Objectives:
Determine the overall soil health of all fields
Detect where there is any correlation between worm numbers, grass growth...
Renewable Energy - Heat
Renewable heat is the production of heat from technologies that are considered renewable such as Biomass, Heat Pumps, Biogas Combustion and Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW)/Solar Thermal.