Centre for Alternative Land Use
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Factsheets
CALU is developing a series of factsheets to support its technology transfer activities. The factsheets cover CALU's core areas of:
Bio-energy and Renewable Energy; Horticulture; Farm Woodlands; Arable Crops; Alternative Crops and Alternative Livestock Enterprises. All of the factsheets are available
for free download.
Jump to category:
| Number | Subject Area | Title | File type |
Size |
| HORTICULTURE | ||||
| Vegetables | ||||
| 020101 | Horticulture | An introduction to field scale vegetable production | pdf |
77KB |
| 020102 | Horticulture | Asparagus production | pdf |
96KB |
| 020103 | Horticulture | Small scale lettuce production | pdf |
80KB |
| 020104 | Horticulture | Production of exotic salad leaves | pdf |
78KB |
| 020105 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Garlic | pdf |
111KB |
| 020106 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Courgettes | pdf |
106KB |
| 020107 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Leeks | pdf |
106KB |
| 020108 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Swedes | pdf |
107KB |
| 020109 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Parsnips | pdf |
118KB |
| 020110 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Carrots | pdf |
119KB |
| 021501 | Horticulture | Crop production guide - Rhubarb | pdf |
183KB |
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| Small fruit | ||||
| 020201 | Horticulture | Small fruit production in Wales - an introduction | pdf |
95KB |
| 020202 | Horticulture | Field grown strawberries | pdf |
109KB |
| 020203 | Horticulture | Protected strawberry production | pdf |
74KB |
| 020204 | Horticulture | Blackcurrants | pdf |
207KB |
| 020205 | Horticulture | Gooseberries - introduction | pdf |
157KB |
| Cane fruit | ||||
| 020301 | Horticulture | Cane fruit production - raspberries | pdf |
95KB |
| Top fruit | ||||
| 020401 | Horticulture | Top fruit production in Wales | pdf |
104KB |
| 020402 | Horticulture | Cider Production | pdf |
87KB |
| 020403 | Horticulture | Plums and damsons | pdf |
90KB |
| 020404 | Horticulture | Cherry production - introduction | pdf |
342KB |
| Herbs | ||||
| 020501 | Horticulture | Pot herb production - part 1 | pdf |
106KB |
| 020502 | Horticulture | Field herb production | pdf |
69KB |
| 020503 | Horticulture | Lavender production | pdf |
246KB |
| 020504 | Horticulture | Lavender at Henfaes | pdf |
493KB |
| 020505 | Horticulture | Annual herbs at Henfaes - production costings | pdf |
450KB |
| 020506 | Horticulture | Potted herbs at Henfaes - production costings | pdf |
336KB |
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| Alpines | ||||
| 020601 | Horticulture | Alpine plant production | pdf |
80KB |
| Sustainable design | ||||
| 020701 | Horticulture | Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) | pdf |
85KB |
| 020702 | Horticulture | Green Roof Systems | pdf |
96KB |
| Shrubs | ||||
| 020801 | Horticulture | Production of shrubs from liners | pdf |
85KB |
| Potatoes | ||||
| 020901 | Horticulture | Phytophthora infestans - late blight | pdf |
108KB |
| 020902 | Horticulture | Blight resistant potatoes - a study of yield and maturity | pdf |
125KB |
| Growing media | ||||
| 021001 | Horticulture | Green manures | pdf |
125KB |
| 021002 | Horticulture | On-farm composting | pdf |
88KB |
| 021003 | Horticulture | Growing media | pdf |
79KB |
| Polytunnels & protected cropping | ||||
| 021201 | Horticulture | Producing vegetables in polytunnels | pdf |
65KB |
| 021204 | Horticulture | Tomatoes | pdf |
390KB |
| 021205 | Horticulture | Integrated Pest Management in horticultural systems | pdf |
390KB |
| Viticulture | ||||
| 021301 | Horticulture | An introduction to viticulture | pdf |
70KB |
| Mushrooms | ||||
| 021401 | Horticulture | Mushroom production - introduction | pdf |
175KB |
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| BIO-ENERGY | ||||
| 010101 | Bio-energy | An introduction to Miscanthus | pdf |
89KB |
| 010102 | Bio-energy | Economics of Miscanthus and SRC production | pdf |
77KB |
| 010301 | Bio-energy | An introduction to bio-energy | 77KB |
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| 010302 | Bio-energy | Energy crops - an overview | pdf |
124KB |
| 010303 | Bio-energy | Biomass as a fuel | pdf |
88KB |
| 010304 | Bio-energy | Jargon buster - units | pdf |
267KB |
| 010305 | Bio-energy | Wood fuel pellets - frequently asked questions | pdf |
360KB |
| 010201 | Bio-energy | An introduction to Short Rotation Coppice | pdf |
70KB |
| 010401 | Bio-energy | Anaerobic digestion | pdf |
60kb |
| 010501 | Bio-energy | Liquid biofuels - introduction | pdf |
127kb |
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| CLIMATE CHANGE | ||||
| 060101 | Climate change | Carbon footprints - an introduction | pdf |
110KB |
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| LIVESTOCK | ||||
| Goats | ||||
| 040101 | Livestock | An introduction to dairy goats | pdf |
100KB |
| 040102 | Livestock | An introduction to meat goats | pdf |
72KB |
| 040103 | Livestock | Fibre production from goats - an introduction | pdf |
91KB |
| 040104 | Livestock | Parasite control in goats | pdf |
66KB |
| Deer | ||||
| 040301 | Livestock | Venison production | pdf |
80KB |
| 040302 | Livestock | Deer health and welfare | pdf |
96KB |
| Buffalo | ||||
| 040201 | Livestock | Water buffalo production | pdf |
81KB |
| Bees | ||||
| 040401 | Livestock | Beekeeping - an introduction | pdf |
79KB |
| Worms | ||||
| 040501 | Livestock | Worm farming | pdf |
88KB |
| Dairy sheep | ||||
| 040601 | Livestock | Dairy sheep | pdf |
87KB |
| Camelids | ||||
| 040701 | Livestock | Alpacas | pdf |
89KB |
| Poultry | ||||
| 040801 | Livestock | Extensive poultry production | pdf |
98KB |
| 040802 | Livestock | Turkey production - an introduction | pdf |
145KB |
| 040803 | Livestock | Geese - seasonal production | pdf |
383KB |
| 040804 | Livestock | Free range egg production | pdf |
418KB |
| Pigs | ||||
| 040901 | Livestock | Rearing wild boar - an introduction | pdf |
96KB |
| 040902 | Livestock | An introduction to keeping pigs | pdf |
368KB |
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| WOODLANDS | ||||
| 050101 | Woodlands | Small scale wood fuel pellet production | pdf |
78KB |
| 050102 | Woodlands | Heat cost calculator and comparator (2005) - updated 2009 version available via Coed Cymru click here | pdf |
127KB |
| 050103 | Woodlands | Heat treating timber | pdf |
103KB |
| 050104 | Woodlands | Wood chips for animal bedding and compost | pdf |
103KB |
| 050105 | Woodlands | Sawing timber on the farm | pdf |
99KB |
| 050106 | Woodlands | Cleft timber products | pdf |
77KB |
| 050107 | Woodlands | Drying Firewood | pdf |
67KB |
| 050108 | Woodlands | Wood fuel energy cost calculator | pdf |
246KB |
| 050201 | Woodlands | Growing trees from seed | pdf |
74KB |
| 050202 | Woodland | Basic Tree Planting | pdf |
351KB |
| 050203 | Woodlands | Pigs in woodland management | pdf |
65KB |
| 050204 | Woodlands | Shelterbelt information sheet | pdf |
84KB |
| 050205 | Woodlands | Parkland Trees | pdf |
80KB |
| 050206 | Woodlands | Tree species selection | pdf |
247KB |
| 050207 | Woodlands | Mensuration - introduction | pdf |
387KB |
| 050301 | Woodlands | Farm woodlands and SPS | pdf |
84KB |
| 050401 | Woodlands | Producing sweet chestnut | pdf |
101KB |
| 050402 | Woodlands | Producing hazelnuts and walnuts | pdf |
72KB |
| 050403 | Woodlands | Christmas Trees - An Introduction | pdf |
152KB |
| 050404 | Woodlands | Estimating energy in woodlands | pdf |
453KB |
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| ARABLE CROPS | ||||
| 070101 | Arable crops | Cereals in Wales - an overview | pdf |
137KB |
| 070102 | Arable crops | Major diseases, pests & weeds of cereal crops | pdf |
138KB |
| 070103 | Arable crops | Weed control in cereals | pdf |
368KB |
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| NOVEL CROPS | ||||
| 030101 | Novel crops | Triticale and naked oats | pdf |
78KB |
| 030201 | Novel crops | Camelina | pdf |
105KB |
| 030301 | Novel crops | Crop protection in novel crops | pdf |
80KB |
| 030401 | Novel crops | Hemp - overview | pdf |
232KB |
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| GENERAL | ||||
| 080101 | General | Information for new land owners | pdf |
188KB |
| 080205 | General | Soil water | pdf |
414KB |
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