The use of critically important antibiotics (CIAs) must be reduced to ‘future proof’ the UK cattle industry, says David Barret, Professor of Bovine Medicine, Production and Reproduction at Bristol University and president elect of the British Cattle Veterinary...
Researchers have found that calculating individual livestock greenhouse gas emission figures and then aggregating the information can reduce standardised output levels compared to applying average herd emission scores. This method also identifies the more efficient...
Ten new interdisciplinary projects have received a share of £3 million to improve the sustainability of UK farming.The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC) has £10 million in funds, available over 5 years, from the Biotechnology and Biological...
The Centre of Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) has started work – the second of the four Innovation Centres funded through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)‘ Agri-Tech Strategy to go live. It is based at the former Central Science...