Scotland's Rural College

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2026

• 1 Curtailed
• 7 Not started
• 118 Active
• 233 Finished

Projects per year

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• Consultancy

  ARC Zero NI Farm Carbon Project

  Bell, J., Forrest, J., Sellars, A., MacPherson, L., Ramsay, R. & Bothwell, C.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Agrecalc Carbon Report & Reduce

  Bell, J. & Kamilaris, H.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/26

  Project: Consultancy

• Research

  Soils research to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals and Abatement Technologies (SOILS-R-GGREAT)

  MacLeod, M., Rees, B., Eory, V., Sykes, A. & Moran, D.

  NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

  20/06/17 → 19/06/21

  Project: Research

• Inoculated disease trials: cereals and winter oilseed rape

  Havis, N., Gorniak, K., Yoxall, T., Burnett, F., Crawford, C., Laing, A., Miller, S., Irvine, S., Stanisz-Migal, M., Fortune, J., Domalazek, N. & Rzepka, A.

  AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds

  1/07/16 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

• Database and reporting system to support Signet's Sheepbreeder and Beefbreeder Services

  Krzyzelewski, T., Moore, K., Hamper, A., Wells, A., Brand, W. & Coffey, M.

  AHDB Beef & Lamb

  1/04/18 → 3/03/24

  Project: Research

• WWC: The Winter Wheat Challenge

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

  1/09/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)

  Athanasiadou, S. & Hutchings, M.

  European Commission

  1/05/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Improving the Mental Health of Farmers

  Stephen, K., Henry, M., Humphry, R., Gunn, G. & Baughan, J.

  1/07/20 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• Working for Waders

  McCracken, D.

  23/05/17 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Towards BIOSmart livestock farming in Colombia: cultural landscape, silvo-pastoral systems and biodiversity

  Barnes, A. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Bean breeding for adaptation to a changing climate and post-conflict Colombia

  Barnes, A. & Botero Degiovanni, H.

  1/04/19 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Understanding the physiological and molecular basis of genetic variation in post-flowering N dynamics in Barley to improve N use efficiency

  Bingham, I.

  SRUC internal funding

  5/01/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Stress effects on the ovine rumen microbiome

  Dewhurst, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/12/15 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Impact of genetics and growth promoters on avian intestinal microbiota and health

  Athanasiadou, S.

  RESAS DUMMY CLIENT

  1/10/14 → 31/10/22

  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. & Auffret, M.

  B.B.S.R.C.

  1/05/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Gill health in Scottish farmed salmon

  Reeves, A., Gunn, G., Stirling, J., Pearce, M., Boerlage, A., Humphry, R., Hutchinson, I. & Baughan, J.

  University of Stirling

  10/08/18 → 9/02/22

  Project: Research

• CTLGH Identification and selection of targets and development of analytical tools to optimize breeding programmes in African chicken populations

  Banos, G., Sparks, N. & Coffey, M.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/04/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• 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

• Provision of agronomic trials for cultivation and use 2018-2023 Lot 2

  Hoad, S. & Walker, R.

  Scottish Government

  30/06/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Fungicide performance on wheat, barley & oilseed rape 2018-2022

  Burnett, F.

  11/06/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Legume SELECT: Science-driven evaluation of legume choice for transformed livelihoods

  Barnes, A.

  1/07/18 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• Support to economic modeling of agriculture

  Shrestha, S. & Vosough Ahmadi, B.

  1/09/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

  Baughan, J., Shrestha, S., Henry, M., Reeves, A., Barratt, A., McCann, C., Stephen, K., Humphry, R., Tongue, S. & Gomes, C.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  14/02/19 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Islands Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series

  McMorran, R., Atterton, J., Jones, S. & Glass, J.

  SFC GRANT DUMMY CLIENT

  1/02/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research

• Grass to Gas: Strategies to mitigate GHG emissions from pasture-based sheep emissions

  Conington, J.

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  1/10/19 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• Welsh Sheep Breeding Project

  Kaseja, K. & Coffey, M.

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

  1/08/19 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

• Genomic management tools to optimise resilience and efficiency GenTORE

  Wall, E., Eory, V. & Bunning, H.

  European Commission

  1/04/17 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Orphan crops: conventional breeding versus genomic selection approaches. Understanding Issues and options to support food and nutritional security in Africa

  Hoad, S. & Bancic, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Can technological solutions deliver positive welfare benefits in housing for dairy cattle?

  Haskell, M.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Sensitivity of ideal protein nutrition to gut health

  Houdijk, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• Tailtech: developing an early warning system for pig tail biting

  D'Eath, R.

  Innovate UK (TSB QUARTERLY)

  1/04/18 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• Horse Welfare within Traveller/Gypsy communities: an ethnic group often under-represented in horse welfare research

  Coombs, T.

  The Horse Trust

  1/10/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Modelling short & long-term resilience and efficiency of cattle production

  Wall, E. & Eory, V.

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/17 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

• Investigation of the impact soil pH management has on Scotland?s grassland productivity

  Walker, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

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

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

  European Commission

  1/02/18 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

• The use of networks of rumen microbial genes associated with performance traits for precision breeding and nutrition in beef cattle

  Roehe, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 1/02/22

  Project: Research

• The effectrs of stress on the ruminal microbial environment in beef cattle and its relationship to feed efficiency and methane emissions

  Turner, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/16 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Provision of a herbage trial to obtain Scottish data for UK National List value for cultivation and use assessments / Scottish recommended list purposes

  Lawson, D. & Shipway, P.

  Scottish Government

  1/04/14 → 31/12/22

  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

• Precision breeding for piglet survival and the use of microbiome information to improve wellness in pigs

  Roehe, R.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• The role of cognitive ability and affective state during aggressive encounters: implications for contest behaviour and animal welfare

  Turner, S.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/18 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Low carbon farming: making carbon accounting relevant to farming and food productions

  Glenk, K. & Eory, V.

  1/09/19 → 30/08/23

  Project: Research

• Review of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Fund

  Glass, J. & Atterton, J.

  24/11/20 → 11/06/21

  Project: Research

• Innovation and collaboration to mitigate food waste in the fruit and vegetable supply chain

  Toma, L.

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

• An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes

  Auty, H.

  1/01/19 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• 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

• Behavioural Signatures of Parasitism

  Smith, L.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Can the survival of lambs from larger litters be improved?

  Dwyer, C.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• SMARTER - SMAll RuminanTs breeding for Efficiency and Resilience

  Conington, J. & Mucha, S.

  European Commission

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• Predicting Lyme Disease risk: Improving the knowledge of Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi dynamics in Scotland through structured data collection and citizen science

  Cardoso Ribeiro, R. & Eze, J.

  SRUC internal funding

  1/09/17 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research