This unit describes the safe storage, use and disposal of pesticides.

The term orchard refers to a plantation of trees designed to produce crops of fruits and nuts. As they are often in place for 15 years or more, careful planning pre-planting will give the best results. The most commonly grown...

Main Objectives

• Improve profitability and business resilience under current market conditions.
• Build a business fit for the future and continue to develop infrastructure, technology and innovation where appropriate returns justify the investment...

Farm businesses are facing tighter profit margins than ever before, with the costs of many inputs beginning to outstrip the value of products in certain systems. One way to address this is by exploring the reduction of inputs, to mitigate...

Main Objectives

• Improve animal husbandry and grassland management.
• Establish a strong and viable business and reduce production costs.
• Become as self-sufficient as possible, particularly in home grown proteins.

Tynyberth Farm Facts

Demonstration Site...

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 a 1 day training course with an assessment on a different day.  A certificate will be issued upon successful completion.

PA2F = Weed Wiper to be fixed to the back of a tractor or ATV. This is an additional...

Historically, the emergence of new technologies has continually changed and evolved farming practices, so that they have become increasingly more efficient, sustainable and profitable.

Today, due to significant pressures on the agricultural sector to increase food production, to be more...

Fertiliser production and application accounts for a significant proportion of a farm’s energy input as well as their costs each year. It is recognised that intensive and sub-optimal fertiliser application is linked with negative impacts on groundwater nutrient levels and...