Modern Pig Production Technology A Practical Guide to Profit

This is the third textbook from this award-winning and internationally-recognised pig consultant. Having already covered 'Pig Production Problems' and their solutions followed by 'What the Textbooks Don't Tell You', this new book goes further in providing practical, easy-to-understand advice on all the important management techniques used by the most successful pig producers today. It also describes and analyses likely future developments and how they might fit in to the economic scene. The author is well-known for his firm belief that an econometric (cost-effective) interpretation should be attached to research and field trial performance results. Rarely done, this is a feature supporting the advice given. A ground-breaking 'Business Management' section is based on the author's wide experience of advising on some 3500 pig farms in 32 countries. An extended Glossary of 450 technical terms used in pig production is a novel and valuable addition to the work.

John Gadd has been involved in pig production for 40 years both at commercial and grassroots levels. He is the recipient of the prestigious Agricultural Business Writer of the Year Award, the publisher of Technical Pig Production magazine, and the author of Pig Production: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You.