Useful websites
Breeds and livestock
Farm North West Advice and support for livestock farmers. Covers Diary, Beef, Sheep, Pigs and Poultry.
Rare Breeds Survival Trust www.rbst.org.uk
Kune Kune Pigs www.britishkunekunesociety.org.uk
National Sheep Association www.nationalsheep.org.uk
Finnington Rare Breeds www.finnington.co.uk
Lincoln Longwool Breeders Association www.lincolnlongwools.co.uk
Shetland Cattle Breeders Association www.shetlandcattle.org.uk
Bev's Rare Breed Poultry www.rarebreedpoultry.webs.com
Springhill Poultry and Waterfowl www.springhillpoultryandwaterfowl.co.uk
Magazines and books
Country Smallholding www.countrysmallholding.com
Smallholder www.smallholder.co.uk
Farmers' Guardian for farming news and adverts
Home Farmer Magazine for smallholders
Auctioneers
Wright Marshall www.wrightmarshall.co.uk/auctioneers
Web forums
forum.downsizer.net
Animal Welfare
Rose Cottage Vet Centre
Willows Farm Vets
Standards and Advice
DEFRA www.defra.gov.uk
Cheshire Councils - Trading standards, farming related information -
Cheshire East
Cheshire West
Environment Agency - Waste Disposal regulation and much more
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
CAP reform www.gov.uk/cap-reform
Feed
Allen & Page www.smallholderfeed.co.uk
HJ Lea Oakes www.hjlea.com
Massey Feeds www.masseyfeeds.co.uk
Rumenco www.rumenco.co.uk
General Interest
Cheshire Agricultural Chaplaincy
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
BBC Farming Today
North Cheshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers
BBC Archers