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The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) has announced plans to run its first-ever virtual conference. Organisers have big hopes for the conference…
A promising new test for Johne’s Disease in dairy cattle has the potential to ramp up eradication efforts, offering fewer missed positives. The…
A new PhD research project co-funded AgriSearch will aim to understand dairy cow behaviour to improve production and welfare in robotic milking systems.…
Northern Ireland’s agricultural research institute has withdrawn its beef unit in Hillsborough, Co. Down from its licence for specialist animal research. During the Tuesday…
A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 in seed-corn funding by UK Research and Innovation. The…
Breakthrough nutritional research carried out in Belfast has unveiled a direct link between even minimal levels of mycotoxins and poultry performance. The research…
Agricultural research body AgriSearch has secured stage one funding for four Northern Ireland based projects. The funding has been made available under the…
A review of evidence and new trials work has revealed the factors most likely to influence cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) pressure in…
Nine innovative projects that apply big data, AI and robotics to UK farming will benefit from a £24 million fund pot to help…
Potato is one of the world’s most important food crops, but the vulnerability of yield levels to plant stresses limit the crop’s uptake…
Planting huge numbers of trees to mitigate climate change is not always the best strategy – with some experimental sites in Scotland failing…
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have helped find a way to control different plant processes – such as when they grow…
Listening to the sounds made by chicks could help identify welfare problems at an early stage, according to new research involving SRUC. A…
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide farmers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest. Researchers made the…
Experts at the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Agri-tech Services, have created a web-based, real-time system for calculating when to use fungicides…
Research carried out at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute at Hillsborough has found that homegrown field beans have the potential to replace up to…
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help by sending them…
Dairy farmers across Scotland are being urged to take part in a new study to help scientists better understand the spread of Mycoplasma…
