AHDB Food & Farming

75: Pork: Pigs in the arable rotation


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Do you use pigs in your arable rotation? Or perhaps your pigs form part of someone else’s rotation? In this episode, we hear how producers and landlords can work together to benefit not only each other, but the environment as well.

Useful links and information

Livestock and the arable rotation
Targeted at managers of arable-based systems who are thinking about livestock opportunities for the first time, this guide includes sections on leys, cover crops, forage crops, maize, outdoor pig production and manures.

Cover crops
A cover crop is a non-cash crop grown primarily for the purpose of ‘protecting or improving’ between periods of regular crop production. Take a look at our resources and farmer case studies.

Presentations from the meeting: https://ahdb.org.uk/events/pigs-in-the-rotation-swaffham-norfolk



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Key stakeholders involved with this activity:
Norfolk Rivers Trust: https://norfolkriverstrust.org/

Anglian Water: https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/in-the-community/protecting-our-environment/

Environment Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

Suffolk FWAG: https://www.suffolkfwag.co.uk/

Natural England: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

Catchment Sensitive Farming: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution

Kings Crops: https://www.kingscrops.co.uk/contact

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