Agriculture & Business Management

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• 26 Finished

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  Wastes to Plastics

  Gupta, V. K.

  1/10/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • plastic 100%
  • fungus 97%
  • enzyme 89%
  • sugar 73%
  • biomass 67%

• CR/2021/03: Reducing emissions from agriculture – the role of new technologies

  Barnes, A., Eory, V., Rees, B., Newbold, J., Duthie, C., Bowen, J., Miller, G. & Farquhar, J.

  13/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • agriculture 100%
  • new technology 97%

• FAA RING TEST: Forage Analysis Assurance Group - Proficiency Testing Scheme

  Dewhurst, R. & Bagnall, A.

  1/08/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• HoloRuminant: Understanding microbiomes of the ruminant holobiont.

  Dewhurst, R., Ferguson, H., Roehe, R. & Newbold, J.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

  • microbiome 100%
  • ruminants 88%
  • phenotype 24%
  • multiomics 18%
  • life events 17%

• WWC: The Winter Wheat Challenge

  Bingham, I., Hilton, A., Reynolds, A. & Hoad, S.

  1/09/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • agronomy 100%
  • funding 87%
  • decision making 80%
  • staff 77%
  • first-year student 65%

• Dairy Sensors: Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health and welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for Dairy Products

  Dewhurst, R., Ferguson, H. & Haskell, M.

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • dairy products 100%
  • processing quality 97%
  • milk production 91%
  • sensors (equipment) 89%
  • environmental technology 51%

• Climate Smart Cattle Farming: Development of novel technologies, solutions and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in animal production systems

  Rees, B., Eory, V., Hargreaves, P. & Hoebe, P.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) Technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of pasture-based cattle systems

  Dewhurst, R., Nicoll, L., Duthie, C., Broadbent, C., Miller, G., Bowen, J. & Ferguson, H.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria

  Roehe, R. & Dewhurst, R.

  B.b.s.r.c.

  1/05/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Microbiota 66%
  • Methane 61%
  • Cattle 38%
  • Microbial Genetics 37%

• Legumes Translated

  Revoredo Giha, C., Topp, K., Dewhurst, R., Costa Font, M., MacPherson, L., Houdijk, J., Flockhart, J., Walker, R., Hargreaves, P., Lawson, D., Newbold, J., Fischer-Moller, M. & Watson, C.

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • pollinator 100%
  • pollinating insects 79%
  • legumes 61%
  • agricultural land 60%
  • Syrphidae 38%

• Agri CIEL - Re-defining nutrition standards for improving beef production efficiency

  Dewhurst, R., Miller, G. & Bowen, J.

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/03/18 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• SMARTCOW : An integrated infrastructure for increased research capability and innovation in the European cattle sector

  Duthie, C., Ramsay, N., Dwyer, C., Ferguson, H., Flockhart, J., Haskell, M., Dickinson, J., McCubbin, I. & Dewhurst, R.

  European Commission

  1/02/18 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

  • cattle 100%
  • physiology 66%
  • infrastructure 56%
  • methodology 27%
  • ethics 27%

• Dairy 4 Future - Propagating innovations for more resilient dairy farming in the Atlantic area

  Dewhurst, R., Ramsay, N., March, M., Hargreaves, P. & Ferguson, H.

  European Commission

  1/10/17 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• Soils Programme Research Partnership: Management for Soil Biology and Health

  Jones, S., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Dussart, F., Watson, C., Parker, J. & Griffiths, B.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Stress effects on the ovine rumen microbiome

  Dewhurst, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/12/15 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Finished

  Methane-inhibiting livestock feed supplements: review of net impacts, barriers to success and consumer acceptance

  Duthie, C., Newbold, J., Miller, G. & Vigors, B.

  8/02/21 → 8/08/21

  Project: Research

  • livestock feeds 100%
  • consumer acceptance 94%
  • methane 74%
  • feed additives 25%
  • food supply chain 21%

• Scoping Study on the Opportunities and Barriers of Improved Forages for Livestock Sustainability and Productivity

  Watson, C., Newbold, J. & Topp, K.

  1/02/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • forage 100%
  • exercise 92%
  • livestock 80%
  • industry 64%

• NZL: Carbon net zero & UK livestock systems

  Rees, B., Buckingham, S., Dewhurst, R., Sykes, A. & Bell, J.

  1/05/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • livestock 100%
  • carbon 49%
  • land use 29%

• Sefari Spark_Developing guidelines and policies for sustainable grassland systems

  Cole, L., Roberts, D., March, M., Watson, C., McCracken, D. & Maynard, C.

  RESAS

  20/02/20 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: CxC

  Barnes, A., Hyslop, J., Bell, J., Rees, B., Eory, V., Leinonen, I., Flockhart, J. & MacLeod, M.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Wall, E., Smith, S., Nicoll, L., Parker, J., Robertson, D., Davidson, R., Donbavand, J., Anderson, C., Roehe, R., Harrison, B., Purcell, L., Duthie, C., Gunn, G., Pritchard, T., Jones, S., Bagnall, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Archibald, I., Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K., Edwards, T., Buckingham, S., March, M., Broadbent, C., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Wishart, H., Griffiths, B., Fox, N., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S., Banos, G., Henry, M., Watson, C., Dickinson, J., Topp, K., Burnett, F., Kyle, J., Denholm, S., Dewhurst, R., Lawson, D., McCubbin, I., Dwyer, C., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Barratt, A., Havis, N., Stanisz-Migal, M., Miller, G., Bowen, J., Hutchings, M., Creissen, H., D'Eath, R., Baddeley, J., Houdijk, J., Coffey, M., Morgan-Davies, C., Walker, R., Turner, S., Haskell, M., Barnes, A., Athanasiadou, S., Cole, L., Sandilands, V., McLaren, A., MacLeod, M. & Smith, L.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Methane 91%
  • Microbiota 66%
  • Cattle 53%
  • Fibrobacter 51%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Creissen, H., Harrison, B., Gorniak, K., Bain, R., Yoxall, T., Paterson, L., Evans, A., Burnett, F., Havis, N. & Laing, A.

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Pathways of Diffuse Pollution to the Water Environment; state of knowledge and communicating best practice

  Cloy, J., Crooks, B., Elrick, G., Hargreaves, P. & Murphy, S.

  11/02/19 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Provision of analysis to quantify non-CO2 abatement in the UK agriculture sector by 2050, with an emphasis on the potential for innovative and novel measures

  Eory, V., Rees, B., Topp, K., Dewhurst, R. & Wall, E.

  3/01/19 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• STEM database for Scottish Secondary Schools (Data-4-Schools)

  March, M.

  12/11/18 → 31/07/19

  Project: Research

• Follow up development of nutrition modelling and farm rationing software

  Dewhurst, R.

  1/08/18 → 30/04/19

  Project: Research

• ICE Robotics Lying time curve

  Haskell, M., Duthie, C. & March, M.

  1/06/18 → 31/05/19

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.1 Crop and grassland production and disease control

  Hoad, S., Crawford, C., Bingham, I., Hoebe, P., Brennan, M., Paterson, L., Topp, K., Baddeley, J., Miller, S., Stanisz-Migal, M., Taylor, J., Harrison, B., Baker, L., Gorniak, K., Whyte, F., Bain, R., Yoxall, T., Laing, A., Griffiths, B., Watson, C., Evans, A., Burnett, F., Irvine, S., Lawson, D., Havis, N., Creissen, H., Dussart, F., Houdijk, J., Walker, R. & Swaney, J.

  1/04/18 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research

• Transition paths to sustainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE)

  Rees, B., Toma, L., Olukosi, O., March, M., Akaichi, F., Shrestha, S. & Barnes, A.

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

  • Fabaceae 100%
  • legumes 87%
  • supply chain 70%
  • nutrition 68%
  • Carbon Footprint 64%

• Understanding short-term measurement techniques and proxies for methane emissions from cattle

  Dewhurst, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Enhanced monitoring systems for improved health management of dairy-bred beef youngstock

  Duthie, C., Mason, C., Haskell, M., Parker, J. & McCubbin, I.

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/09/16 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • calf feeding 100%
  • dairy calves 80%
  • respiratory tract diseases 69%
  • bovine respiratory disease 66%
  • Feeding Behavior 62%

• Development of an easy to use metagenomics platform for agricultural science

  Dewhurst, R.

  European Commission

  1/04/16 → 30/11/19

  Project: Research

  • Rumen 100%
  • Methane 91%
  • Microbial Genes 89%
  • Biomarkers 82%
  • methane 64%

• TANZANIA: Investigation of farmer-led breeding goals and strategies

  Dewhurst, R.

  2/02/16 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

  • cattle productivity 100%
  • Breeding 73%
  • Sub-Saharan Africa 71%
  • Africa South of the Sahara 69%
  • dairy cattle 61%

• Whole farm modelling of specialist beef systems in Scotland and Ireland

  Dewhurst, R.

  1/10/15 → 30/09/19

  Project: Research

• TANZANIA: The use of cow-side milk progesterone tests

  Dewhurst, R.

  1/09/15 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• PrecisionBeef

  Ross, D., Duthie, C., Hyslop, J., Rooke, J. & Dewhurst, R.

  1/04/15 → 30/06/18

  Project: Research

  • feeding behavior 100%
  • finishing 94%
  • beef 92%
  • feed intake 86%
  • animals 81%

• The BUG consortium Building upon the genome: Using H. contortus genomic resources to develop novel interventions to control endemic GI parasites

  Milne, C., Stott, A. & Pate, L.

  REF Funding

  28/03/15 → 27/03/21

  Project: Research

• Improving the sustainability and competitive position of the UK beef industry through selective breeding

  Wall, E., Pritchard, T., Dewhurst, R., Coffey, M. & Moran, D.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/01/15 → 30/07/19

  Project: Research

• Improved timing of curative blight fungicides for superior control of late blight and greater cost effectiveness

  Bain, R.

  1/10/14 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

• Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK - FLAG

  Tongue, S., Stott, A., Weldegebriel, H., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Milne, C., Gomes, C., Eze, J., Henry, M. & Barratt, A.

  1/10/13 → 31/07/18

  Project: Research

• Increasing efficiency of dietary nitrogen use in dairy systems

  Roberts, D., Bagnall, A., Flockhart, J., Bell, D., Dickinson, J. & McCubbin, I.

  21/06/12 → 31/03/19

  Project: Research