Physical and virtual agricultural library free to public

Information is a valuable resource but it is being offered to the farming industry free by British Pig Executives, an organization for taxpayers involved in the pig industry. British Pig Executives is part of England’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, which maintains a library, both physical and virtual, which is open for the industry and students to use.

Information is a valuable resource but it is being offered to the farming industry free by British Pig Executives, an organization for taxpayers involved in the pig industry.

British Pig Executives is part of England’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, which maintains a library, both physical and virtual, which is open for the industry and students to use.

Librarian Amy Cawood said, “The physical library contains a wealth of valuable documents, mostly covering livestock and meat science.

“I also have access to libraries across the globe and, time permitting, I may well be able to undertake searches if people are looking for something specific. In this case I may not always be able to get hold of a document, but at least I can determine if it exists.

“There are very few library services that cover this subject area outside the university sector. The archive also contains a great deal of information about the former Meat and Livestock Commission.

“If people would like to visit that can be arranged but it would have to be by appointment and I would have to fit it in with my working schedule.”

Anybody who would like to find out more about what is available should contact Amy by calling +02476.478.839, or by email, [email protected]. There is also an online library catalog which is still under development but is freely available to anybody at library.ahdb.org.uk.

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