Food sectors

Resources • Food sectors

Livestock

Resources for farmers raising livestock for meat, dairy, eggs, or for breeding stock etc.

From initial registering your herd through to the final product packaging and labelling.

A guide to raising laying hens for egg production.

From initial registering your pigs through to the final product packaging and labelling.

Small producers rear sheep to produce meat and other products, such as wool, and raise lambs for breeding.

Market gardening, beekeeping, and other more specialised types of produce.

From establishing and managing your own apiary to harvesting and selling products.

An overview of the fundamentals of growing and selling plants of all types on a small area of land.

Shellfish farmers cultivate bivalves, like mussels and oysters, in aquaculture farms for food.

Seed producers grow plants to both supply seed to farmers and crofters, and develop new varieties.