Agrecalc, the SRUC company business behind a digital platform for agricultural emissions monitoring and mitigation, has appointed its first chief executive. It says this is a as a major step towards becoming a spin-out company later...
The farm carbon calculator tool Agrecalc has been upgraded, in a move that its developers say improves its emissions monitoring and farmers’ ability to save costs. The tool was developed by researchers at Scotland’s Rural College...
TMR equipment specialist Alltech Keenan has recruited Jill Hunter as InTouch feed specialist for Scotland. Miss Hunter joins the company from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) where she was the assurance advisor since 2015. But she started her career with Keenan in 2013,...
Cranfield University, Harper Adams University (HAU) and Scotland’s Rural College are the three land-based universities out of 21 higher and further education bodies to receive the Queen’s Anniversary Prize. The Prizes, part of the UK honours system, are awarded every...
Plant scientist Professor Wayne Powell has been appointed as principal and chief executive of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) from July 1st 2016.Janet Swadling has been acting chief executive and principal since December 2013 when Professor Bob Webb resigned suddenly...
The third of the UK’s Agricultural Innovation Centres, set up under the government’s Agri-Tech Strategy, has received its initial funding. It joins the Agrimetrics Centre and Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) as part of the eventual five centre...