This module explains the benefits and challenges of incorporating mixed farming on your farm. 

Achieving net zero is an essential action as part of the UK’s legally binding commitments made in the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015 and made law in 2016, which aims to limit global warming to below 2˚C, and preferably under...

Main Objectives

• Reduce the costs of bought in feed by maximising utilisation of home-grown feed stuff.
• Improve the flock rearing percentage through cost effective measures.
• Improve pasture quality during the growing season, to...

Project aims:

To routinely monitor lamb growth rate to gather information about flock management including:

• The impact of grazing decisions on lamb growth
• Whether subclinical worm infections...

Square Farm is a family-run business established in 1978 focusing strongly on traditional farming methods. The business...

This Agronomy course is offered through Coleg Sir Gar and accredited through Agored aims to cover the establishment and management of a range of crops grown in Wales.

It is taught to Level 4 standard, equivalent to the first year...

Diffuse pollution is pollution that enters the environment such as a watercourse in a way that cannot be clearly attributed to a single activity. This might be through multiple sources or a single source but entering a watercourse in multiple...

Course duration dependent upon experience. Following completion of the course you will undertake an assessment and a certificate will be issued upon successful completion.

This training course has been developed to help you understand how to operate a counterbalance lift...

A 2 day training course with an independent assessment and certificate upon successful completion.

This course is ideal if you're working on farms, in woodland, or in conservation. You'll learn all the theory needed to use and keep a chainsaw...

Project Aim:

Investigate the potential in increasing total cheese yield through selecting for the Kappa Casein BB gene.

Introduction:

Past laboratory studies have...