Research

Raising the baa on sheep health and nutrition

A European sheep network is calling on farmers and others in the industry to share their challenges and needs in a bid to improve flock health, nutrition and management practices.…

SRUC
12/05/2020

SRUC to research Covid-19 in rural Scotland

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is one of 15 Scottish universities and research institutions contributing to global efforts to combat coronavirus and its wider effects.…

SRUC
29/04/2020

Do you know your beans?

Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have joined scientists across Europe to study factors affecting the yield of beans.…

SRUC
22/04/2020

Understanding animals’ emotions

Scotland’s Rural College has teamed up with a leading UK supermarket in a pioneering project to assess the emotional expressivity of animals in the supply chain.…

SRUC
02/04/2020

More forceful action needed to stop stockpiling

More forceful warnings around the social consequences of stockpiling during the coronavirus outbreak could ease the pressure on UK supermarkets.…

SRUC
27/03/2020

How has Covid-19 impacted our food chain?

The Covid-19 outbreak has brought health risks and difficulties to our food chains.…

SRUC
27/03/2020

Branching out into agroforestry

A hundred trees have been planted on upland research farmland run by Scotland’s Rural College to demonstrate the benefits of agroforestry.…

SRUC
05/03/2020

Happy farm

Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College are launching a survey for farmers to get to the heart of the debate about what makes farm animals happy.…

SRUC
28/02/2020

Dairy farmers needed for M.Bovis study

Dairy farmers across Scotland are being urged to take part in a new study to help scientists better understand the spread of Mycoplasma bovis in cattle.…

Dairy Research and Innovation Centre
26/02/2020

Call for policy makers to protect pollinators

Pollinating insects could thrive if improvements are made to agri-environment schemes across Europe, a new study led by Scotland’s Rural College has found.…

SRUC
17/02/2020

‘Unexpected’ number of resistance genes found on pig farm

Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College have identified a high number of antimicrobial resistance genes in pig faeces at a commercial farm, following the first longitudinal study of its kind.…

SRUC
05/02/2020

Beefing up labels

Consumers in the UK are willing to pay a higher premium for healthier and more sustainable beef mince than those in Spain, a new study by researchers at Scotland’s Rural College has found.…

SRUC
31/01/2020