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• Feed Planning Tool for Cattle and Sheep

  Author Name: Tried and Tested An innovative new tool from the Tried & Tested nutrient management team will be launched at Beef Expo later this month, following a period of farmer testing. ‘Feed Planning for Cattle and Sheep’ aims to boost... Posted May 11 2013, 06:35 AM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• ATP Upland Farming Systems Course

  Author Name: Advanced Training Partnership Starts on 17th June Registration and course materials at: http://www.atp-pasture.org.uk/en/calendar/upland-farming-systems-1 Read More... Posted May 09 2013, 10:15 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock [Edit Tags]

• Geostatistics and precision farming

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network, ed Alan Spedding A new study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association by University of Reading Professor Margaret... Posted May 03 2013, 01:57 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Power grazing

  Author Name: Tom Chapman The best way to bring life back to degraded arable lands is to introduce pasture and grazing. Meet Tom Chapman, the grazing specialist who wants to bring big cattle herds back to the wheat plains of East Anglia. Pasture Promise... Posted May 01 2013, 10:40 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Livestock [Edit Tags]

• Straw – what is it good for?

  Author Name: AHDB ed Alan Spedding There is a significant amount of potential profit for the grower, as well as bedding or energy potential, in the millions of tonnes of straw which is currently incorporated into the soil. Straw incorporation is seen... Posted Apr 29 2013, 08:36 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• New grass hybrid could help reduce the likelihood of flooding

  Author Name: BBSRC ed Alan Spedding BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, Lancaster University and the University of... Posted Apr 26 2013, 11:15 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Briefing ~ Liver Fluke Risk in a Changing Climate

  Author Name: SRUC Liver fluke is a damaging parasite affecting sheep and cattle. The rise in fluke outbreaks in recent years has been attributed to climate change, with the parasites and their intermediate snail hosts thriving in warm wet conditions.... Posted Apr 18 2013, 02:27 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock [Edit Tags]

• Alternative protein sources

  Author Name: Richard Weightman, ADAS ed Alan Spedding Richard Weightman explains why investigating alternative sources of protein for use in livestock feed is crucial for reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint and improving profitability... Posted Apr 04 2013, 12:33 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• New foot-and-mouth vaccine

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network from a BBSRC Press release Scientists have developed a new methodology to produce a vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Because the vaccine is all synthetic, made up of... Posted Apr 01 2013, 09:29 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Sustainable Beef, Sheep & Dairy training from ATP

  Author Name: Advanced Training Partnership Our training utilises the latest research findings from the Partnership and wider scientific community. Sustainable Beef, Sheep and Dairy training will focus increasing efficiency of and reducing environmental... Posted Mar 28 2013, 06:37 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Emerging parasitic diseases of sheep

  Author Name: BSAS Animal Bytes ed Alan Spedding Changes in the presence and distribution of several globally important parasitic infections of sheep might occur as a result of an increase in global trade and climatic changes. And with increasing reports... Posted Mar 26 2013, 11:24 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock [Edit Tags]

• AgriChatUK - "What future for Upland farms?" discussion 21/03/13

  Author Name: Simon Haley, Reading Agricultural Consultants via Twitter The lowlands and the uplands are intertwined in a number of ways, for example through livestock, feeding, water and environment. The intricate balance between the environment, biodiversity... Posted Mar 25 2013, 08:37 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock [Edit Tags]

• Great progress being made by the agri-food Advanced Training Partnerships

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, _connect ed Alan Spedding In 2011 the BBSRC invested £12m in the creation of four Advanced Training Partnerships (ATPs) in the agri-food sector. They are designed to bring together industrial partners with research... Posted Mar 22 2013, 05:00 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Behavioral Principles of Livestock Handling

  Author Name: Temple Grandin, Livestock Handling Systems. Inc, Animal Science Department, Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 Reducing stress during handling will improve productivity and prevent physiological changes that could confound... Posted Mar 20 2013, 07:21 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Breeding cattle for lower methane emissions

  Author Name: BSAS Animal Bytes ed Alan Spedding Selective breeding from cattle and sheep that are shown to naturally produce less methane is one promising way to achieve lower herd methane emissions. Recent research has provided early, but encouraging... Posted Mar 18 2013, 07:16 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• GreenCow Project Identifies Routes to Reducing Methane from Cattle and Sheep

  Author Name: SRUC Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College have found the breed of the animal makes very little difference to the level of greenhouse gas emissions from cattle. However results from initial studies, using SRUC’s GreenCow facility... Posted Mar 05 2013, 03:27 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• SRUC asks farmers for help in pain perception survey

  Author Name: SRUC SRUC researchers are calling on all British farmers to take part in a survey on pain and disease in animals. The researchers hope the survey will help them understand the attitudes and viewpoints of the people who look after livestock... Posted Feb 27 2013, 03:11 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Agroforestry

  Author Name: Stephen Briggs, Nuffield Farming Scholarship Agroforestry can make farms bigger and more productive, using deeper soil layers and the air space above the farm and make better use of the sun, air, soil and water than monoculture, It can be... Posted Feb 19 2013, 11:31 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Animal Husbandry Regained - the place of farm animals in sustainable agriculture

  Author Name: John Webster The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and... Posted Feb 19 2013, 08:22 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• The National Centre for Precision Farming

  Author Name: Harper Adams University Precision farming may be seen to be entering a new era of development in which engineering and associated technological innovation is opening up new dimensions of support and intervention, not only in the established... Posted Feb 08 2013, 09:40 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Grassland management for cattle farms

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, _connect ed Alan Spedding AgriSearch, which performs farmer funded research in Northern Ireland, has published a booklet on “Grassland performance and its relationship with profitability on 10 NI dairy farms.”... Posted Feb 07 2013, 02:57 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Carbon calculator for sheep farmers

  Author Name: EBLEX Practical on-farm changes that can cut a sheep farm’s carbon footprint and improve returns can be tested with a new online tool. The Sheep Carbon Footprint Tool has been developed by EBLEX and The E-CO2 Project to see where the... Posted Feb 05 2013, 06:02 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Energy Efficiency [Edit Tags]

• Precision Farming - how it's done

  Author Name: Jake Freestone, Oxford Farming Conference Today’s precision farming offers three main benefits. First, cost saving from accurate field operations, resulting in reduced diesel, man-hours and wearing parts. Second is to the environment... Posted Jan 16 2013, 08:56 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Heather McCalman comments on mob grazing blog

  Author Name: Heather McCalman, Manager, Grassland Development Centre, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University In the blog, which was a summary of his Nuffield Scholarship, Tom Chapman concluded that: “... Posted Dec 17 2012, 03:24 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Advanced Training Partnership - pasture-based agriculture

  Author Name: Alan Spedding Driving sustainability and efficiency in pasture-based agriculture This Advanced Training Partnership provides a unique opportunity for professionals working with and within the extensive beef, sheep and dairy supply chains... Posted Dec 13 2012, 07:28 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]