No sitting in a classroom as full digital notes accompany the course.
The course runs on our secluded holding on the Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire border (SA34). A hot lunch and refreshments are included.
22 years ago we bought our first highland cow and calf. We currently have 20 head of stock, breed and sell our own calves and market our own jointed beef. The course covers:
- Characteristics of the breed
- When, where and how to acquire your stock
- Registration, BCMS, passports and tags
- Handling techniques and facilities
- Bucket and halter training
- Feeding
- Bulls, breeding and calving
- New stock into the herd
- Vets and routine treatments
- TB testing
- Abattoirs, butchering and meat marketing
- Essential and useful kit
- Shows and sales
- Livestock trailers and transportation
- Grassland management
- Fencing
- Q&A
Never be afraid to try something new; remember "amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic"
