Courses & Training
Specialist training courses for farmers, growers & land managersGain the skills and knowledge to deliver regenerative agriculture on your holding. We offer applied and participatory courses both in-person and online, focussed on practical solutions for farmers and growers.
Learn what the soil health principles are, where they are gleaned from and how their application creates crumb structure.
Build confidence in decision making to help you move forward on your journey.
Formats, online:
- 2-3x mornings/afternoons
- 4x evenings
- Complementary access to Soilmentor
- Appraisals of your soils/pasture
Formats, in-person:
- Full day
- Guided farm walk along with host farmer
- Demonstration of soils/pasture monitoring
“A really well structured day, building a good knowledge base before going into the field to put things into practice.
Excellent. Would recommend.”
“Very informative, I came away with a lot and was able to put what I learnt straight into practice.
A good mix of theory and practical with the farm walk.”
New Courses at FarmED:
Led by agroecological adviser Niels Corfield and the FarmED team.
Fundamental of Regenerative Soil Health
Date: 6th October 9am – 5pm
Would you like to learn how to create healthy soils and resilient fields while reducing reliance on inputs, even during droughts?
In this workshop, You will be introduced to how natural ecosystem processes affect your soil, and how by following regenerative agriculture principles you can work with these processes to improve soil health. Crucially you will learn about the important role soil biology plays in crop performance, pasture health and farm resilience and what practices can be used to support healthy soils.
Regenerative Soil Health for Arable Farmers
Dates: TBC
Would you like to be able to create healthy soils and resilient fields for arable crops while reducing reliance on inputs, even during droughts? In this course you will learn how to apply the principles of regenerative agriculture to improve and monitor soil health in your arable operation, for optimum crop performance.
Part 1 of this course is a one day ‘Fundamentals of Regenerative Soil Health’ session. This will be followed by two days of focused work on arable soils and systems.
Regenerative Soil Health for Graziers & Livestock
Dates: TBC
Do you want to be able to use regenerative grazing techniques to improve soil health for more balanced and productive pastures? On this course you will learn how to apply the principles of regenerative agriculture to improve and monitor soil health on your farm, for optimum pasture and livestock health.
Part 1 of this course is a one day ‘Fundamentals of Regenerative Soil Health’ session. This will be followed by two days of focused work on grassland soils and systems.
Other available courses
ARABLE, GRAZIERS & MIXED FARMERS
Soil Health & Regenerative Agriculture for Farmers:
Fundamentals
- Soil health principles
- Nutrient cycling
- Reading your soil
- Monitoring & trials
Graziers & Mixed FarmERS
Regenerative Grazing
Part 1: Principles & Planning
- Pasture health principles
- Fencing & infrastructure
- Monitoring & trials
- Grazing planning
Graziers & Mixed FarmERS
Regenerative Grazing
Part 2: Management
- Optimising forage production
- Animal nutrition
- Maximising manure resources
- On-going monitoring
ARABLE & Mixed FarmERS
Improving Soil Health in Arable Systems Part 1:
Application/Planning
- Apply soil health principles
- Reworking crop rotations
- Designing cover crop mixes
- Field management practices
Farmers, Landowners & Advisors
Whole Farm Planning
Part 1: Introduction
- Whole farm planning principles
- Fencing, water, access & trees
- Mapping, layout & design
- Agroforestry systems intro
Farmers, Landowners & Advisors
Whole Farm Planning
Part 2: Design
- Whole farm planning principles
- Fencing, water, access & trees
- Mapping, layout & design
- Agroforestry systems intro
GROWERS & GARDENERS
Improving Soil Health on Horticulture Operations Part 1: Fundamentals
- Soil health principles
- Analysis of your soils
- Nutrient cycling
- Best practice management
- Monitoring and trials
GROWERS & GARDENERS
Improving Soil Health on Horticulture Operations
Part 2: Planning
- Apply soil health principles
- Covered growing
- Composting intro
- Reworking crop rotations
- Cover crop mixes
GrOWERS & GARDENers
Improving Soil Health on Horticulture Operations Part 3: Management
- Amendments & fertilising
- Plant nutrition
- Building soil organic matter
- Composting systems
- Monitoring & lab testing
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