Practical guidance for smallholders and those wanting to learn traditional rural skills
Our Agriculture courses equip budding smallholders with hands on experience and the knowledge required to successfully take on farm livestock. Alongside our courses for smallholders, we also offer introductory classes to dry stone walling.
Gain the practical skills and confidence you need
Our short courses will teach you the basics of keeping pigs, goats, cattle, sheep and poultry. You鈥檒l cover legal considerations and develop husbandry techniques, with a strong focus on animal welfare.
No experience or prior knowledge needed
No experience or knowledge is needed for our Agriculture courses but if you do already have your own smallholding and want some advice and guidance, these courses will be perfect for you.
On our Introduction to Running Your Own Smallholding course, you鈥檒l get hands on and practical with restraint and husbandry techniques; and you鈥檒l also get to see some of the technology and machinery available for smallholdings.
If you鈥檙e after a specific course for lambing, we run introductory courses where you will be taught practical skills to tag, tail dock, and castrate; and receive class-based guidance on planning for the breeding year and best practice for record keeping.
