Books and Training

This comprehensive monograph provides a perspective on the current state of agri-environmental management in Europe from both a policy and practical perspective. Some of the issues in agriculture discussed are: climate change and pollution, biodiversity, water use and quality, livestock, cropping, habitat management and cultural considerations.

The Intuitive Farmer follows on from successful business management books such as The Goal, which communicate business ideas and strategies in novel form. This is the first such book applied to agricultural management practices.

Presented in a glossary format, the new edition of this pocket-sized reference book gives the name, pronunciation and classification of common plants and the meaning behind the Latin origins of the name.

This is a practical manual focusing principally on the needs of sheep farmers and shepherds in the United Kingdom but covering material applicable to sheep-farming situations worldwide.

A comprehensive forage-to-fork book on beef farming that delivers veterinary level information to farmers and farm-related information to vets. The Veterinary Book for Beef Farmers is a complete guide to farming cattle for protein emphasising good practice, herd health management and disease prevention.

Sheep Keeping is a practical guide to common problems seen in small sheep flocks, suitable for experienced smallholder sheep farmers, but also relevant to new and prospective ones.

Authored by a veterinary specialist, this book provides a comprehensive overview of diseases of veterinary importance. Diseases are presented at the level of the whole organism and by individual organ, with illustrations for easy identification.

A concise practical handbook on high welfare standards in pig farming for people who work directly with animals.

Piglet Nutrition Notes Volume 1 is aimed at the pig industry professional, providing a quick look-up advisory guide on common practical issues in pig production. Focusing on piglet nutrition and based on the author’s broad ranging experience as an international consulting nutritionist, this book offers expert-led advice for pig producers.

Aimed at the pig industry professional, Piglet Nutrition Notes Volume 2 provides a quick look-up advisory guide on common practical issues in pig production.

Strategies for success have been detailed in the first and second editions of Managing Breeds for a Secure Future . The third edition explores this further, providing more strategies that can assure long-term survival for breeds of livestock, poultry, and dogs.

A short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. Broiler Chickens distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers.

Academic behavioural research is used to underpin understanding of horse behaviour and changes that can be made to positively improve horses’ lives.

This is an essential A-Z reference guide to common natural medicinal recipes for horses based on wild-growing and easily available flowers, fungi and herbs.

Presenting a broad coverage of topics relating to horse and donkey ownership, The Handbook of Horses and Donkeys is an introductory guide providing expert advice on current ethical management practices.

The Dog Care Handbook is a self-help book written for thoughtful dog owners in the UK. It will improve your knowledge of dogs, your relationship with your vet and your understanding of important and common diseases that our dogs might develop.

The Science Behind a Happy Dog covers both scientific approaches to dog raising and practical solutions to common behavioural problems.

Now in its 4th edition Roger Blowey’s updated version of the acclaimed A Veterinary Book for Dairy Farmers deals with newly emerging problems in cattle farming as well as covering the necessary knowledge required for maintenance and economic effeciencies.

Aimed at people with busy schedules this instructive book gives practical information about how to manage a small herd and keep pigs happy and healthy under the time constraints of modern life. The Commuter Pig Keeper is all-inclusive covering various breeds both as breeding herds and food sources.

Smallholding is a practical, comprehensive guide to smallholding for beginners, aimed at people who have access to land, as well as those growing produce in their back garden.

This book provides an overview of bee biology, the bee in the wider environment, intoxication, bee diseases, bee parasites, pests, enemies, and veterinary treatment and actions relating to honeybee health.

Farming in cities and small spaces is becoming increasingly popular, but it has its challenges. City Farming addresses the problems the urban farmer might face and turns them into creative solutions.

Breeding Better Dogs delves into the biology of managing reproduction in dogs, from mating to whelping and the first few weeks of life.

Dog Bites brings together expert knowledge of the current situation on dog bites and dog aggression directed at humans from a wide variety of disciplines.