Preface vii
Primrose McConnell: A brief biographical sketch ix
Contributors xiii
Acknowledgements xix
1 Soils and plant nutrition 1
R. Parkinson and R. Willson
2 Crop physiology 51
Ian C. Dodd and E. David Elphinstone
3 Arable cropping 71
L.J. Dines
4 Crop health – responding to pests, weeds and diseases 153
M.A. Back, T.W. Pope and J.P.H. Reade
5 Grassland 181
A. Hopkins
6 Farm woodland management 219
C. Starr
7 Farming and wildlife 273
G. Eales
8 Animal physiology and nutrition 291
M.T. Rose
9 Animal welfare 363
J. Eddison
10 Animal nutrition 379
R. Hawkey
11 Dairying and beef production 417
P.N. Ward
12 Sheep 467
K. Phillips
13 Goats 493
G.L. D’Alterio
14 Pig meat production 501
A.H. Stewart
15 Poultry 551
E.J. Burton and D.V. Scholey
16 Animal health 573
L.M. Silk
17 Organic farming 637
N. Lampkin
18 Farm business management 667
D.W. Morgan
19 Resource management in agriculture 697
B. Willson
20 Health and safety in agriculture 719
R.G. Brunt
21 Farm machinery 735
A. Taylor
Index 799
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.
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