Horticulturists typically grow crops in a greenhouse or polytunnel, where the following factors can be regulated:    

• Temperature
• Humidity 
• Light 
• Carbon dioxide

When controlled to an optimal level, these conditions maximise the plant yield per unit of energy consumed...

Antimicrobial resistance or AMR is considered to be one of the greatest global threats to human health. In 2019, AMR infections were directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths and contributed to 4.95 million. This is projected to rise to...

Project Objectives:

The main aim of this project is to identify key areas that will improve performance, efficiency and profitability on a...

Dairy farms typically carry out three major energy-intensive processes: milk harvesting, milk cooling, and cleaning. While the equipment used to perform these tasks will vary between farms, the fundamentals of energy transfer remain the same.

Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?

Foot health in a robotic milking system: we are interested in alternatives to footbathing; in a conventional milking system footbathing can easily be done...

This is 1 day course with a certificate of attendance issued upon completion.

This course will teach you the skills to look at the feasibility of various enterprises and the effect of a diversification on the existing enterprises. It looks...

This course aims to help you understand the rational for introducing   the dynamic and interactive Animal Health Improvement Cycle (AHIC) as means for practicing the ‘prevention is better than cure’ mantra as part of animal health management. The idea...