Dairy
£21 million digital dairy project to create 600 jobs
A digital dairy project aiming to create 600 new jobs in south-west Scotland and Cumbria has been awarded more than...
SRUC
Rural Life
NFU Scotland hosts webinar on the future of the Craibstone campus
Considerable interest in Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) plans for the future of the Craibstone campus saw almost 90 people participate...
Agri-Business
Scots project gets funding to develop digital dairy tracing
A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 in seed-corn funding by UK Research...
Agri-Business
Scotland’s 'natural economy' valued at over £29 billion a year
A new report has defined and detailed for the first time the value of the ‘natural economy’ to Scotland’s overall...
Pig/Poultry
Researchers say technology to analyse chicks' chirps could improve welfare
Listening to the sounds made by chicks could help identify welfare problems at an early stage, according to new research...
Agri-Business
Scots Brexit survey finds '3 main types of farmer'
Around three-quarters of Scottish farmers have a sceptical or pessimistic view of the industry post-Brexit, according to new analysis of a...
Arable
Virtual meeting offers online tours of innovative canola plots
An online meeting will give an update of an innovative project exploring the possibility of growing organic oilseed rape (canola)...
Rural Life
Agricultural colleges to continue online teaching into new academic year
Several agricultural colleges across the UK have announced plans to continue online teaching into the new 2020-2021 academic year. Practical...
Rural Life
Scottish agricultural college takes to the skies for virtual farm tour
Coronavirus has forced many to look at things from a new perspective but one UK agricultural college has taken that...
Rural Life
SRUC joins global network committed to sustainable global development
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has joined a network of universities across the world committed to sustainable, global development. The college...
Agri-Business
New soil sequestration tool launched to help farms plan carbon footprint reduction
A carbon footprint tool, which aims to help farmers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, has been updated to include a...
Sheep
European sheep project asks farmers for their biggest bugbear
A European sheep network is calling on farmers and others in the industry to share their challenges and needs in...
Rural Life
Agricultural college bedsheets transformed into gowns for NHS frontline
A Scottish agricultural college has found a novel way to help the frontline in the Covid-19 pandemic. Bedsheets from Strathfillan...
Agri-Business
SRUC awarded £36,000 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...
Rural Life
SRUC makes major donation to food bank charity
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has donated a whopping 1.4t donation of chicken to food banks, school breakfast clubs and homeless shelters...
Agri-Business
Scotland's Animal Welfare Commission named
An SRUC professor has been appointed chair of Scotland’s first independent Animal Welfare Commission. Prof Cathy Dwyer is joined by...
Rural Life
Torque of the farm: Scottish strongwoman pits herself against a 6t tractor
Record-breaking Scottish strongwoman Kim Best has borrowed one of her employer’s 6t tractors while training for her next event. The...
Dairy
Scottish dairy farmers needed for Mycoplasma bovis study
Dairy farmers across Scotland are being urged to take part in a new study to help scientists better understand the...
