Innovation in Upland Livestock Systems – Improving Upland Agricultural Productivity

Professor Davy McCracken writes on the Agricultural productivity focused work emerging from the SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre.

2021:

• November 2021: Bringing farmers together to find nutrition solutions
• May 2021: Collaborative proposals to improve the health of our national sheep flock 
• April 2021 – Precision solutions to animal health and welfare (Podcast)
• January 2021 – Studying for a better future for our ruminant farming

2020:

• October 2020 – Projects focus on good flock nutrition and management
• September 2020 – New flock technology is worth training support
• August 2020 – Small ruminant sector targeted by PLF project
• July 2020 – Introduction of Beef Shorthorn paid dividends
• April 2020 – Technology key to help keeping research going
• January 2020 – Don’t do Woolly Thinking, Collect the Data and Act

2019:

• November 2019 – Sheep Project is Good Example of Collaboration
• September 2019 – Scotland stands to gain from US research grant
• April 2019 –Focus on lamb feed intake and efficiency stats
• February 2019 – Funds for study into well-being of upland sheep

2018:

• October 2018 –Hill farmers and crofters have a key role to play in Scotland
• June 2018 –DNA parentage testing can pick out the finest in the flock
• April 2018 – Focus on upland livestock systems
• March 2018 – Hill farmers and crofters have a key role to play
• February 2018 – Making most of grassland
• January 2018 – SRUC involved in three EU projects

2017:

• November 2017 – Hi-tech game-changer for hill farming sector
• July 2017 – Ewe selection process gets data boost
• June 2017 – EID-based equipment helping to improve flock performance
• May 2017 – Key factors in drive to make hill farming profitable

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