The new-born piglet - Jeff Griffith looks at how you can assist with what comes naturally

IT seems to always amaze people how a piglet can be born and within a very short period of time find its way to one of its mother's teat. Nature has always been an amazing thing and it is nature which helps.

	Talking pig with the keepers - Paul McAvoy gives basic interpretations of terms used by people who keep swine
	EVERYBODY is familiar with the use of the word "pig" in daily English. So we get "pig sick", or we put "lipstick on a pig", we "cast pearls before swine" and castigate something as "hogwash".

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	ADVICE on using pigs in the management of land and where to meet other piggy people.

	After the sow has been served - Paul McAvoy looks at the system for farrowing in the pig unit at Tatton Park
	LAST month I was talking to Lisa Kennedy, who manages the pigs at Home Farm on the 1,000-acre Tatton Park Estate at Knutsford in Cheshire.
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Breeding your own stock - Paul McAvoy meets a small-scale breeder of rare pig breeds at a National Trust estate

ONCE you're feeling confident rearing weaners for pork or bacon, with feeding, housing handling and so on, you may want to take the next step and start breeding your own stock. As you would expect, this will open up a whole new set of challenges to the pig-keeper and you need to be sure that you can put in the commitment that is necessary before jumping in.