Depending on the climate and the state of the sheep themselves, the time for shearing the animals can vary. When we shear sheep, we tend to do it in June/July. The Scottish (brief) summer is starting...

Farming and other primary activities can account for a significant portion of pollution in our environments. This can be from cattle producing greenhouse gasses (methane) all the way to nitrate and...

Modern pig breeding is a highly industrialized branch of animal husbandry, in which it is simply impossible to do without the use of the most modern achievements of scientific and technological...

The peculiarities of keeping animals depends on the specialisation of the pig farm. Raising pigs on commercial farms is done with the aim of having genetically strong offspring or piglets....

For many years, elevated CO2 levels at the end of the incubation period have been considered detrimental to developing avian embryos. This myth is extremely far from the truth. Under natural...

Starting a piggery business is exciting but like all businesses, it can be fraught with risks. We will be looking at making a small pig farm that won't exceed 100 animals and this can of course be...