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With some colleges opting out of agricultural training, many students flock to Sparsholt for its continued strength of purpose in supplying the industry with its next generation of skilled technical staff and managers.

The 400 acre (158 ha) commercial Home Farm provides real-work training for the students and includes:

• A dairy herd with milking parlour and access to a range of milking systems through partner farms.
• A planned new sheep barn to house early lambing flock.
• An entirely new pig unit consistent with modern welfare standards.
• A new beef barn with efficient handling systems.
• An updated modern fleet of tractors.
• Rented additional land to satisfy increased forage requirements of expanding livestock numbers.

Click on a course title from the list below to discover more information.

Full Time Courses

• BTEC National Diploma in Agriculture

• BTEC National Diploma in Land-based Technology (Mechanisation)

• City & Guilds National Certificate in Agriculture

• Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Rural Land Management

• Land Based Operations (Agriculture): NVQ Level 1

Part Time Courses

• All Terrain Vehicles (NPTC)

• Beef Husbandry

• Lambing

• Pesticide Application Foundation (PA1)

• Pesticide Application Tractor Mounted (PA2)

• Pesticides Application Hand Held (PA6)

• Pig Husbandry and Handling

• Shearing: Beginners' Machine Shearing

• Shearing: Hand Shearing

• Shearing: Intermediate Machine Shearing

• Sheep Husbandry

• Tractor Driving

• Tractor Driving for 13-16 Year Olds

• Work-based Diploma in Agriculture - Level 2 (Crops, Livestock or Mixed Farming)

• Work-based Diploma in Agriculture - Level 3 (Crops, Livestock or Mixed Farming)

Related Pages

• Careers in Agriculture and Rural Land Management

• Agriculture Resources: College Farm and Estate

• Fresh Start Academy