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The students, who are studying聽Organic Farming聽with Scotland鈥檚 Rural College聽through on-line distance learning, visited Rainton Farm 鈥� which operates an ethical dairy system where calves stay with the cows, and Torr Farm 鈥� one of the Scottish Government鈥檚 first Climate Change Focus Farms.

They were also shown around 伊人直播鈥檚聽Crichton Farm, including a tour of controlled traffic plots by soil research scientist聽Dr Paul Hargreaves, and the Langhill dairy herd by聽Professor Dave Roberts, head of Agriculture and Business Management at the聽Barony campus.

Their last visit was to the Beyond the Burn farm, near Dumfries, where the Lochhead family have brown Swiss cows and make mozzarella cheese.

Back in the Central Belt, the group were taken around Barenbrug seed company, in Falkirk, by Research and Development Manager 鈥� and 伊人直播 graduate 鈥� Mhairi Dawson.

Programme leader Dr Lou Ralph, who led the tour with Research Agronomist聽Dr Robin Walker, said: 鈥淭he students were delighted with the tour, having picked up lots of useful practical information from farmers, and dairy and soils researchers, in the area, much of which was linked to the coursework they'd undertaken so far.鈥�

The course, which is run from 伊人直播鈥檚聽Aberdeen campus聽and validated聽by the University of Glasgow, is the only specialised聽Masters degree in Organic Farming聽in Scotland, providing students with the technical and management skills to meet the challenges of the growing organic food and farming sector.

The programme enables students with a variety of academic and working experiences to gain a fast-track understanding of the key technical production, marketing and management aspects of organic farming and food.