Main Objectives

• Improve grass utilisation.
• Maintain farm profitability while reducing reliance on subsidies.
• Secure a viable farming business for the next generation.

Orsedd Fawr Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

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This is a 1 day training course with a certificate awarded following completion.

Do you keep sheep ? You can find out if they have worms or parasites by carrying out a faecal egg count.
It is well documented that...

This module explains how genetic selection can be used to breed sheep that are more resistant to internal parasite infections. It informs ram breeders how they can get involved in this work and explains to commercial ram buyers how they...

This module will focus on the various ways in which infectious diseases and pests can be introduced onto farms and spread, about various biosecurity measures to protect, prevent, mitigate and eradicate disease. We hope from this module you will extend...

This module explains the steps that commercial sheep producers should take when establishing a sheep breeding programme for their flock. It explains how to identify traits of importance for future breeding strategies and reminds them of the importance of capitalising...

Water is essential to agriculture production. In addition water is managed to supplement production with its uses comprising irrigation, spraying, drinking for livestock, and washing (vegetables, livestock buildings). In the UK water for agriculture is obtained either directly from rain...

This course will explain how to diagnose and treat the three types of disease caused by liver fluke – acute, sub-acute and chronic.  

Many new builds are constrained by a narrow set of design factors or where the design process is driven by the building supplier, on a cost basis. But there are many other important factors to consider.