Climate Change and Livestock
Increasing concern about climate change has led to an increased need to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by agriculture. GHGs absorb solar radiation and in doing so, heat the atmosphere. The terms ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘carbon emissions’ are used...
Resilient and Productive April – June 2024
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – June 2024
Respiratory Disease in Sheep
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.
Social Media Marketing
This social media marketing course covers the strategic, creative, and technical aspects of managing social media platforms effectively. It starts with the creation of a tailored social media strategy, detailing platform selection, post frequency, and content strand development. The course...
Leading and Managing
This course is a 1 day training course and a certificate of attendance will be issued on completion of the course.
This course will help you identify your style of leadership and how you can use this to lead and...
Sustainable Farming – Benefits to People, Animals and Places
In this course we will discuss how agriculture can have impacts on people, animals and places. When considering a sustainable farming future it’s important to understand these impacts as they will be drivers for subsidy and can be useful to...
Fferm yr Ochor Farm
Yr Ochor, Tregaron, Ceredigion
Focus Site Project: Getting to grips with Rotational Grazing
Project aims:
- This project started on 23/5/16 and is still running.
- The project will aim to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of rotational grazing. By measuring and comparing...
Hydatid Disease in Sheep
In this course you will learn about hydatid disease in sheep; how it is spread to the flock, what clinical signs you should look out for, and how to prevent transmission of the disease and treat it.