Research

Tuning pork labels

More than a third of consumers are willing to pay a significant price premium for fresh pork products labelled as ‘animal friendly’ new research has found.…

SRUC
25/02/2022

Milking the environmental benefits of private investment

A £1.5 million project led by SRUC has found private investment in ecosystem services has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms.…

SRUC
10/02/2022

Smart technologies for sheep and goat farmers

A multinational project which aims to improve the uptake of digital technologies in sheep and goat farming will showcase new solutions at an online workshop next week.…

SRUC
04/02/2022

Cow to Cone

An education project aims to engage students on a new mathematics course with agriculture – and specifically the manufacture of milk and ice-cream.…

SRUC
31/01/2022

Boost for bid to save rare Lop pig breed

The findings of a unique genomic study involving SRUC pave the way for action to save the rare native Lop pig breed.…

SRUC
20/01/2022

SRUC projects will help farmers tackle climate change

Researchers at SRUC have been awarded nearly £95,000 to help UK farming transition to net zero and become more sustainable.…

SRUC
17/01/2022

Ecological practices offer financial benefits for farmers

Farmers could increase their profits by 7 per cent by adopting some ecological management practices – and help achieve sustainable and greener goals for agriculture, new research has found.…

SRUC
21/12/2021

Call for participation in ground-breaking land sales report

A major report has been commissioned to understand more about the nature and value of rural land sales in Scotland. …

SRUC
16/12/2021

Future proofing the sheep industry

The future direction of the Scottish sheep industry will come under the spotlight at an online event organised by SRUC next month.…

SRUC
13/12/2021

Farmers need support to change the way they farm

In this opinion piece Bethan Thompson talks about an EU project which aims to understand the factors which influence the uptake of agroecological farming practices.…

SRUC
30/11/2021

Scan-do attitude

Sheep CT scans could be analysed at lightning speed using machine learning, according to a new study.…

SRUC
16/11/2021

Once bitten, twice shy

The outcome of a contest between two unfamiliar pigs can have an impact on their attitude towards subsequent aggressive encounters, according to new research.…

SRUC
12/11/2021