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• Advanced Training Partnership Survey ~ Intensive Livestock Health and Production

  Author Name: Via Caroline Channing, Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network You may be aware of the BBSRC’s Advanced Training Partnerships, encouraging knowledge transfer between the academic and agri-food sectors. The Royal Veterinary College in... Posted May 08 2013, 02:23 PM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Poultry, Pigs [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]

• 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]

• Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome targeted by genetic study

  Author Name: BBSRC ed Alan Spedding A transatlantic research group is to tackle porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), which leads to reproductive failure in breeding stock and causes respiratory tract illness in young pigs. Also known... Posted Apr 12 2013, 08:43 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [Edit Tags]

• BPEX quiz on sow condition scoring earns CPD points

  Author Name: BPEX BPEX interactive quizzes are now linked to the Pig Industry Professional Register (PIPR) which provides proof and recognition of training. More quizzes will be added on a range of pig production topics every other month, giving producers... Posted Apr 12 2013, 07:30 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [Edit Tags]

• Nitrogen gas foam for humane culling of pigs

  Author Name: Pig Progress ed Alan Spedding The use of nitrogen gas foam as a humane way to cull animals that are in pain is being tested at the Swine Research Centre of Wageningen University. With this method the pigs will be unconscious quickly due to... Posted Apr 08 2013, 02:16 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [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]

• 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]

• Breed +3

  Author Name: BPEX BPEX is re-focusing its efforts on the breeding herd in 2013 with a ‘Breed +3’ initiative to help each herd wean an extra three pigs per sow year – that’s whether they’re currently about average at 23 pigs... Posted Mar 01 2013, 04:25 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [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]

• 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]

• 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]

• Managing pig feed costs

  Author Name: Richard Veit, AHDB for BPEX Risk Management The huge rise in feed costs has had a dramatic effect on the profitability of pig production. AHDB analyst Richard Veit has taken a close look at risk management and how that can be applied to feed... Posted Dec 07 2012, 04:17 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [Edit Tags]

• BPEX Focus on Finishing Conferences

  Author Name: BPEX A half-day conference focused on finisher pig management. Monday 22 October - Exeter Racecourse, Kennford, Exeter. EX6 7XS Tuesday 23 October - Dunsley Hall Hotel, Stourton, Staffordshire. DY7 6LU Wednesday 24 October - Diss Rugby Club... Posted Oct 04 2012, 10:04 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Pigs [Edit Tags]

• Understanding your options: getting more N out of manure

  Author Name: DEFRA FAS Technical Article Agricultural manure and slurry is a valuable source of nutrients. However, farmers are often uncertain about how much of the nitrogen (N) in manure and slurries applied to land is actually available for crop uptake... Posted Aug 09 2012, 11:25 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Harmonising measurement of livestock environmental impacts

  Author Name: FAO Common indicators and guidelines for environmental assessments will lead to shared understanding of environmental impacts, better policymaking A new FAO-led partnership is looking to improve how the environmental impacts of the livestock... Posted Jul 04 2012, 03:46 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Farming Futures– Fast Forward to the future

  Author Name: Farming Futures So, it’s happened. Farming Futures, like the iconic friendly local corner shop, is “under new management”. read more Read More... Posted Sep 26 2011, 01:38 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, farming futures, new team, CEUKF [Edit Tags]

• Industry Survey: Supporting Community Energy

  Author Name: Jin Park, University of Sussex Researchers at the University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policty Research Unit are studying how community energy can spread and grow and are looking for groups to take part in an online survey of community... Posted Aug 24 2011, 01:36 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, energy consumption, sustainable energy, community energy, renewable [Edit Tags]

• Industry News: New strategy to save and protect England's wildlife

  Author Name: Defra Defra has published a plan to create better habitats and join up the homes of some of England’s most iconic wildlife. ‘Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services’ aims to halt... Posted Aug 23 2011, 02:15 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem, habitat, wildlife [Edit Tags]

• Pastures new - Farming Futures moves to a new home

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Farming Futures enters a new phase this month. As you know, we were looking for a new host after our five-year Defra funding came to a close. So we're very pleased to announce that the project has a new home! The Centre... Posted Jun 15 2011, 02:57 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Charlotte's web: social media and farming

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis She grew up on a dairy farm, bought her first cow when she was seven, and her husband's a dairy nutritionist. So when Michele Payn-Knoper was stumped by her Hosltein dairy calf not weaning, she did what any self-respecting... Posted Mar 29 2011, 04:10 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, innovation, twitter, social media [Edit Tags]

• Goal! We did it - another award for team FF

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farming Futures has scored a hattrick and won the Climate Week award for the 'Best Campaign'. Having recently won a Global Green Award and voted the best website for climate change and agricuture information by Farmers... Posted Mar 23 2011, 11:47 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, climate change, awards [Edit Tags]

• Can we score a hattrick?

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farming Futures has been shortlisted for the inaugural Climate Week Awards! Having recently won a Global Green Award and voted the best website for climate change and agricuture information, we're hoping to romp home with... Posted Mar 16 2011, 05:33 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, climate change, awards [Edit Tags]

• A cloud over our communities?

  Author Name: Will Dawson Imagine you are a community energy entrepreneur in the UK. How will you be feeling after the government’s action to tackle the “solar farm threat”? Read More... Posted Mar 04 2011, 09:44 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, community [Edit Tags]