Volume 12: Livestock Farming
Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Key features of UK agriculture
   Introduction
   Government's influence on the agricultural economy
   Contribution of beef and dairy production to UK agriculture
   The European Union and CAP

3 Promotion and marketing of dairy and beef products
   Introduction
   Milk Marketing Boards
   Meat and Livestock Commission
   Developments between producers, retailers and consumers in beef marketing

4 Cattle production and movement
   Introduction
   Structure of UK cattle production
   Sources of beef production
   Movement of livestock
   Record-keeping and cattle-tracking

5 Breeding programmes and techniques
   Introduction
   The UK cattle herd's composition
   Breeding management on farm
   Commercial breeding services
   Relevant aspects of pregnancy and calving

6 Cattle feeding and rearing
   Introduction
   Digestive system of cattle
   Cattle feeding systems

7 Sources of expertise and advice to farmers
   Introduction
   Agriculture Departments
   ADAS
   Local government
   National Farmers' Union
   Other membership organisations

8 Cattle diseases and their control and management on farm
   Introduction
   Some common cattle diseases
   Livestock disease control and management on farm

9 Control of animal disease epidemics
   Introduction
   Monitoring the emergence of new diseases in livestock
   Eradication of notifiable diseases

10 Organic farming
   Introduction
   What is organic farming?
   Standards for organic production
   Organic farms and BSE

11 Other livestock
   Introduction
   Relevant aspects of UK sheep production
   Relevant aspects of UK pig and poultry production

12 Sequence of events in the BSE epidemic and how they affected farmers

Annex 1: Warble fly outbreaks and the use of organophosphates
   Introduction

Annex 2: The process for notification of BSE on farm

Glossary

Index

   Table 1.1: Cattle herd terminology
   Table 2.1: Concentrate input (kg per cow)
   Table 4.1: UK cattle and calves (000)
   Table 4.2: Approximate percentage of UK herd in each country, 1986 and 1995
   Figure 4.1: Sources of home-produced beef, 1986
   Figure 4.2: Sources of home-produced beef, 1995
   Table 5.1: Dairy cow breeds in England and Wales
   Table 6.1: Cattle feed terminology
   Table 6.2: Typical cattle diet
   Table 8.1: Common cattle vaccination programmes
   Table 10.1: BSE incidence on organic farms up to November 1995
   Table 10.2: Survey into the incidence of BSE on organic farms
   Table 12.1: BSE events and their impact on farmers