The Agricultural Notebook

Richard J. Soffe is Director of Rural Business School, Duchy and Bicton Colleges, formerly Director of Professional Development at the University of Plymouth, UK. Matt Lobley is Professor of Rural Resource Management and Co-Director of CRPR at the University of Exeter, UK.

Preface Acknowledgement List of Contributors Chapter 1 Soils and Plant Nutrition Rob Parkinson and Becky Wilson Chapter 2 Crop Physiology Ian Dodd and David Elphinstone Chapter 3 Crop Production Louisa Dines Chapter 4 Crop Health - responding to weeds, diseases and pests Mathew Back, John Reade and Tom Pope Chapter 5 Grassland Alan Hopkins Chapter 6 Farm Woodland Management Chris Starr Chapter 7 Farming and Wildlife Gemma Eales Chapter 8 Animal Physiology and nutrition Michael Rose Chapter 9 Animal Welfare John Eddison Chapter 10 Animal Nutrition Robin Hawkey Chapter 11 Dairying and Beef Production Paul Ward Chapter 12 Sheep Kate Phillips Chapter 13 Goats Gian Lorenzo D'Alterio Chapter 14 Pig Meat Production Alan Stewart Chapter 15 Poultry Emily Burton and Dawn Scholey Chapter 16 Animal Health Louise Silk Chapter 17 Organic Farming Nic Lampkin Chapter 18 Farm Business Management Wyn Morgan Chapter 19 Resource Management Becky Willson Chapter 20 Health and Safety in Agriculture Rick Brunt Chapter 21 Farm Machinery Alastair Taylor Index