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

Gaining a better understanding of our soils and silage: we are not heavy users of purchased feeds but want to...

This course will highlight the risks of working with farm animals, especially cattle. Explain flight or fight responses, and covers how to avoid them, utilising the principles of safe handling and other methods.

This is a 2 day training course with an integrated assessment.
A British Wool certificate will be awarded upon successful completion.
Available for applicants who have previously completed a machine sheep shearing course through the Farming Connect Programme and now...

This is a 1 day practical training course with a certificate of training issued following completion.

Lambing is an essential basic skill that anyone who works with ewes needs to have. 

A Lambing Techniques course will help you know what...

Project aims:

• Mastitis continues to be an important health problem on dairy farms and has a negative impact on cow health and production. There is a need to...

This module examines the causes and prevention of Injurious pecking (IP) in laying hens.

Nutrition has a long-term impact on flock performance - from embryo implantation onwards. There are various objectives related to ewe nutrition that ultimately impact flock productivity and profitability, such as optimising conception rates and embryo survival, as well as...

Aim of the project:

The main aim of the project is to try and reduce the number of house flies in the...

At the end of this module, you should be able to understand how resistance develops in bacteria and how resistant bacteria spread, appreciate the role of government and industry led initiatives in reducing or responsible use of antibiotics and gain...

EDPET (Early Detection and Prompt Effective Treatment): Assessing the impact of improved lameness detection on lameness prevalence and lesion incidence.

Just under a third of dairy cows may be experiencing some degree of...