Five sections deal with pig business management; minimizing disease; new developments in current and future pig production; ideas which maximize profit; and 14 subjects written specifically for the stockperson/pig technician.
Aimed at owners, managers and stockpeople as well as students, veterinarians and commercial advisors, it is written in an easy, no-nonsense style with a strong emphasis on pig econometrics (the measurement of cost-effectiveness) of which the author is a pioneer. Financial figures are expressed in euros, US dollars and sterling.
Contents
- Running an efficient pig business
- Managing to maximise profit
- Pig technician's section
- The escalating problem of disease
- Modern techniques and new possibilities
John Gadd, while he lives in England, through his writing and consultancy work in 23 countries has been described as "one of the best-known people in pigs in the world". He has been involved solely in pigs for the past 42 years both at the commercial and grass-roots levels, and has been writing about pigs for 36 years with over 2600 articles and papers published world-wide to date. He was voted 'Best Regular Columnist' by the US Livestock Publications Council in 1993 and won the prestigious UK 'Agricultural Business Writer of the Year' award in 1996.