Scotland's Rural College

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2021 2022 2028

• 1 Curtailed
• 14 Not started
• 207 Active
• 426 Finished

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  Knowledge exchange pack for methane, GWP and methane suppressing feed products

  Miller, G. & Duthie, C.

  17/10/22 → 9/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Methane 100%
  • Product 33%
  • Greenhouse Gas 33%
  • Knowledge 16%
  • Livestock 16%

• The impacts of selenium sources on blood and milk selenium levels in lactating cattle

  Ferguson, H.

  14/10/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Commercial

  • Selenium 100%
  • Milk 80%
  • Cattle 40%
  • Blood 40%
  • Research 20%

• PHC2021/06: A targeted analysis of the impact of insecticide withdrawals in Scotland

  Bowsher-Gibbs, M.

  8/09/22 → 30/11/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Fasque Woodland Carbon Code Validation

  Law, B.

  1/09/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Woodland 100%
  • Landowner 40%
  • Design 20%
  • Lowlands 20%

• Altcalf2: Strategic grouping of dairy-bred calves

  Bell, D., Mason, C., Duthie, C. & Haskell, M.

  1/08/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • Calves 100%
  • Rearing 43%
  • Dairy Breeds 31%
  • Methodology 18%
  • Beef 18%

• Climate change, the land-based labour market and rural land use in Scotland - an evidence assessment

  Atterton, J. & Tiwasing, P.

  25/07/22 → 15/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Assessment 100%
  • Scotland 100%
  • Labor Market 75%
  • Rural Land Use 50%
  • Climate Change 50%

• Rapid Evidence Assessments - Assessment of practices to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs

  Rodrigues da Costa, M., Nale, J., Botero Degiovanni, H. & Beechener, S.

  27/06/22 → 11/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 81%
  • Research 28%
  • Feed Additives 9%
  • Colostrum 6%

• PHC2021/06: A targeted analysis of the impact of insecticide withdrawals in Scotland

  Bowsher-Gibbs, M.

  16/05/22 → 31/10/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Review and evaluation of existing (or near-to-market) methane reducing feed additives and technologies, with associated (business and government) recommendations to deliver ‘best practice’, well-governed markets.

  Miller, G., Duthie, C., Newbold, J. & Eory, V.

  12/05/22 → 30/10/22

  Project: Research

• Developing a zooplankton infection trial for Atlantic salmon

  Boerlage, A. & Reeves, A.

  9/05/22 → 9/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Gill 100%
  • Jellyfish 77%
  • Fish 66%
  • Diseases 33%
  • Knowledge 22%

• Fish Welfare Study: Net9 Offshore Aquaculture

  Boerlage, A. & Hutchinson, I.

  9/05/22 → 20/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Information 100%
  • Literature 50%
  • Design 50%
  • Physiology 50%
  • Aquaculture 50%

• AANUE: Balancing amino acids to improve nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cows fed extensively fermented grass silage

  Newbold, J. & Dewhurst, R.

  1/05/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Grass 100%
  • Diet 100%
  • Milk Protein 50%
  • Milk 50%

• Reviewing, assessing and critiquing the evidence base on muirburn to inform the development of a licensing approach in Scotland

  Holland, J., McCracken, D., Glendinning, J. G., Buckingham, S. & Pollock, M.

  6/04/22 → 14/06/22

  Project: Commercial

  • Licensing 100%

• Syngenta Beans Fungicide Trials

  Jessiman, I. & Bouffandeau, P.

  1/04/22 → 1/10/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Fungicide 100%
  • Beans 50%
  • Common Bean 50%
  • Syngenta 50%
  • Chocolate 50%

• Japan - Shared Challenges on Depopulation across Island Communities

  Atterton, J., Lamont, K., Gkartzios, M. & Dilley, L.

  7/03/22 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Islands 100%
  • Japan 100%
  • Communities 50%
  • UK 50%
  • Policy 50%

• Continuation of the Farming and Water Scotland initiative - 2022

  Audsley, R.

  1/03/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Consultancy

  • Scotland 100%
  • Business 50%
  • Information 50%
  • Water Quality 50%
  • Good 50%

• Mezquite for broilers: The effect of Mezquite pod inclusion and processing on performance and ilieal digestibility in broilers

  Houdijk, J.

  1/03/22 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Pods 100%
  • Digestibility 100%
  • Broiler Feeding 50%
  • Testing 50%

• Hemp/Flax Feasibility Study IndiNature

  Riddell, I. & Dunbar, D.

  7/02/22 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Feasibility Study 100%
  • Flax Fiber 50%
  • Study Plan 50%
  • Business Plan 50%
  • Chains 50%

• Provision of isolates and associated data from the existing archive of the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) Veterinary Services abattoir-based antimicrobial resistance surveys by SRUC Inverness staff.

  Tongue, S., Webster, C. & Foster, G.

  7/02/22 → 30/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Surveys 100%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Foods 100%
  • Slaughterhouse 100%
  • Antibiotic Resistance 100%

• Assessment of the welfare implications of alternative devices for sheep castration and tail docking

  Dwyer, C.

  1/02/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Tail 100%
  • Pain 62%
  • Lambs 62%
  • Sheep 50%
  • Males 25%

• Impacts of bacterial infection on livestock greenhouse gas emissions

  Fox, N.

  4/01/22 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Sample 100%
  • Gas 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%

• PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR EXPLORING A CROFT / FARM DIVERSIFICATION AND BIODIVERSITY OFFICER STUDY: OIC/PROC/1335

  Pirie, S. & Ramsay, N.

  1/12/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Farm 100%
  • Consultancy 100%
  • Service 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Diversification 100%

• Reducing risks from plant pathogens through effective residue management

  Stroud, J.

  1/12/21 → 21/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Biodegradation 100%
  • Materials 100%
  • Risk 100%
  • Information 100%
  • Farmers 100%

• FIPL Northumberland National Park

  Murphy, S.

  1/12/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Biodiversity 100%
  • Farm 75%
  • Carbon 75%
  • Project 50%
  • Emission Reduction 25%

• Laurenace Gould Agrecalc Licences

  Bell, J. & Blackmore, P.

  30/11/21 → 29/11/22

  Project: Consultancy

• ONE AgriTech Supply Chain Programme

  Mayfield, P. & Ross, D.

  29/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Science and Technology 100%
  • Chain 66%
  • Farm 66%
  • Productivity 66%
  • Chains 66%

• Peatland Feasibility Study - FS49 - North Sanquhar Moor - Dumfries and Galloway

  Sheehan, M.

  22/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Assessment 100%
  • Restoration 100%
  • Requirement 100%
  • Feasibility Study 100%
  • Moor 100%

• Improving Reporting of Land Market Transactions

  McMorran, R.

  20/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Activity 100%
  • Datum 75%
  • Scotland 52%
  • UK 50%
  • Interviews 50%

• REDD: South of Scotland Enterprise Grant Award for Business Innovation and Improvement

  Sparks, N.

  17/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Peatland Feasibility Study - FS44 - Garpel Estate - Muirkirk - East Ayrshire

  Sheehan, M.

  15/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Peatland 100%
  • Restoration 33%
  • Action 16%
  • Statement 16%
  • Feasibility Studies 16%

• Peatland Feasibility Study - FS50 - Ardgowan Estate - Inverclyde

  Sheehan, M.

  15/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Assessment 100%
  • Restoration 100%
  • Feasibility 50%
  • Requirement 50%
  • Feasibility Study 50%

• Growing the Community Business Network UK-wide Understanding the ‘cold spot’ areas where Plunkett Foundation supports fewer community businesses

  Atterton, J.

  8/11/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Comprehension 100%

• Evaluation of Phase 1 of the Regional Land Use Partnerships Pilots

  Stevens, B.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Approach 100%
  • Natural Capital 40%
  • Stakeholder 30%
  • Stakeholders 30%
  • Governance 20%

• Pigdemic: Farmer-centric networks to control endemic pig diseases in the UK: using pleurisy as a case study

  Rodrigues da Costa, M., Pearce, M., Gunn, G., Berezowski, J., Reeves, A. & Beechener, S.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Control 100%
  • Farmers 74%
  • Information 62%
  • Pig 50%
  • Specific Industry 50%

• Sfc Uif 2021/22 Biorefining For A Sustainable Circular Economy: Strengthening Academic And Industrial Capacities

  Kumar Thakur, V.

  SFC GRANT

  1/11/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • Biofiltration 100%
  • Environmental Pollutant 83%
  • Procedure 66%
  • Water Type 44%
  • Wastewater 44%

• M&S Agricultural Carbon Footprinting

  Farquhar, J. & Murphy, S.

  1/11/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Carbon 100%

• Scoping review for a Scottish AMR activity dashboard

  Holden, N.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Dashboards 100%
  • Website 66%
  • Project 66%
  • Requirement 66%
  • Micro-Organism 66%

• Optimisng health and productivity outcomes of dairy bred calves: use of integrated data and alternative management

  Bell, D., Duthie, C., Haskell, M. & Mason, C.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Calf 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Calves 100%
  • Rearing 40%
  • Recording 30%

• IPM Non Broadacre Crop Review

  Bowsher-Gibbs, M., Burnett, F. & Creissen, H.

  1/11/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Crops 100%
  • Research 55%
  • Pests 44%
  • Plant Protection 33%
  • Growers 33%

• New Product Development Pilot Programme 2021-2022

  Hammond (nee Allison), K. & Trail, A.

  1/11/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Funding 100%
  • Programs 100%
  • Innovation 100%
  • Aviation Employees 100%
  • Support 50%

• Natural capital template for Scottish land holdings

  Smillie, R., Wilson, G. & McCulloch, C.

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Provision of Economic Advice and Related Services to Support Development of a New Rural Support Scheme for Scotland]

  Thomson, S.

  1/10/21 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Support 100%
  • UK 66%
  • Scotland 53%
  • Policy 45%
  • Land 44%

• Dandelion : Dandelion Festival 2022

  Burnett, F., Rudman, H. & Vichos, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Other

  • Festivals 100%
  • Challenges 66%
  • Northern England 33%
  • Isolation Method 33%
  • Engage-ment 33%

• Mini Comp Tech Framework - Agribusiness Appraisals

  Carter, N.

  1/10/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Genome-guided detection of non-O157 STEC

  Holden, N.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Escherichia coli 100%
  • Serotype 33%
  • Virulence 16%
  • Escherichia Coli O157:H7 16%
  • Authority 16%

• Wastes to Plastics

  Gupta, V. K.

  1/10/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Plant 100%
  • Waste Material 83%
  • Enzymes 50%
  • Fungi 50%
  • Wastes 50%

• Understanding the effects of land management scenarios on reef resilience in Montserrat

  McVittie, A.

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Other

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Belief Networks 50%
  • Land Management 50%
  • Reef 50%
  • Ecosystem Service 50%

• Developing an inland flood/hydrological system and indicators to monitor and inform land management in Montserrat

  McVittie, A., Hamilton, A., Gibson-Poole, S. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  20/09/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Commercial

  • Montserrat 100%
  • Natural Capital 100%
  • Model 100%
  • Monitor 50%
  • Flood 50%

• 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

  • Technology 100%
  • Science and Technology 97%
  • Agriculture 73%
  • Emission 42%
  • Utilization 35%

• Management of Macallan Sludge Disposal 2021/22

  Buchanan, A.

  10/09/21 → 9/09/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Sludge 100%
  • Spreading 50%
  • Management 50%
  • Disposal 50%