The 21st edition of the quintessential reference book on agriculture is filled with updated and new material that provides those in the farming profession with everything they need to know about today’s agricultural industry. Filled with contributions from top experts in the field, it provides not only the scientific explanations behind agriculture, but also a range of further reading .
The Agricultural Notebook, 21st Edition features new chapters that address wildlife, the fundamentals of agricultural production, and the modern techniques critical to the industry. It offers new chapters on sheep, goats, ruminant nutrition, monogastric nutrition, and resource management. It also takes a more in-depth approach to plant nutrition, and greater attention to environmental elements. Other topics covered include: soil management & crop nutrition; animal welfare; crop physiology; farm woodland management; farm machinery; and more.
• Reflects recent changes in the world of agriculture, farming, and the rural environment
• Features a new chapter on Resource Management
• Offers separate chapters on goats, sheep, and applied nutrition
• Every chapter is revised by experts in their subject area
The Agricultural Notebook is an essential purchase for all students of agriculture, countryside, and rural studies. It will also greatly benefit farmers, land agents, agricultural scientists, advisers, and suppliers to the agriculture industry.
Table of Contents
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
