July 19, 2019
How Alderney Free Range Pigs have gone from strength to strength
Smallholding on a Channel Island brings unique challenges but Alderney Free Range Pigs has gone from strength to strength.
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Liz Shankland
June 21, 2019
The High life
After meeting five years ago, Donald Hendry and Linda McFadzean now breed Highland cattle, as well as rare Whitebred Shorthorns. Julie Harding visits them on their scenic holding in Dumfries & Galloway to find out…
August 7, 2018
Protecting your pigs and profits
Liz Shankland continues her guide to improving herd productivity, this time investigating the importance
July 9, 2018
Increasing your chance of a bumper pig litter
In this focus on fertility, Liz Shankland looks at what you can do to maximise the number of piglets produced in each farrowing
November 9, 2017
Vet’s View: ringworm in cattle
Vet Charlotte Mouland discusses ringworm in cattle, the disease to watch out for in winter
August 4, 2017
Liz Shankland: Healthy pigs, healthy profits
Small litter sizes can be disappointing and have a real impact on your finances when you’re trying to make your pigs pay their way. Liz Shankland has some advice
June 2, 2017
Breeds under threat
Some of the UK's favourite pig breeds could disappear forever if we don't take action, a conservation charity has warned. LIZ SHANKLAND explains what smallholders can do to help
February 6, 2017
Still learning
LIZ SHANKLAND continues to find new challenges at her second smallholding, but plans are taking shape.
September 6, 2016
How to best look after your pigs
This month, Liz Shankland begins a new series to help you avoid some of the most common mistakes made by newcomers to pig keeping and help you get the best from your pigs.
February 3, 2015
Feeding cattle: Do they need more than grass?
In the second of a series of articles on cattle, Debbie Kingsley looks at feeding cows year round – and whether they need more than grass
December 6, 2014
Cows: a step too far?
Debbie Kingsley has only one regret about keeping cattle – that she left it so long before getting her first herd. To launch a new series, she shares the pleasure of keeping them
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