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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 collaboration with Cambridge, Edinburgh and Newcastle...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, May 8 2013

  • 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 A. Oliver explains that spatial variation...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, May 3 2013

  • 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 by some as a useful means of sequestering carbon and...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Apr 29 2013

  • 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 as Blue-Ear Pig Disease, the condition can prove fatal...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Apr 12 2013

  • 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 the chance to both test and update their knowledge...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Apr 12 2013

  • 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 too much nitrogen and also die in a short time....
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Apr 8 2013

  • 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 for primary producers. read more
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Apr 4 2013

  • 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 research results or lower productivity. Handling...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Mar 20 2013

  • 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 weaned or if they’re already at 27 and want...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Mar 1 2013

  • 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 on a daily basis. The project will analyse how farm...
    Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Feb 27 2013
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