Research

Potato bean in running to be next superfood

A plant native to America could be grown in the UK, bringing huge benefits for a balanced, sustainable diet, new research has found.…

SRUC
15/02/2021

Burns suppers bring six-fold increase in haggis sales

The Scottish tradition of celebrating Robert Burns’s birthday on 25 January leads to a six-fold increase in the demand for haggis, new research has found.…

SRUC
21/01/2021

Mice, camera, action

A novel way of capturing images of small mammals in their natural habitat has been developed by a lecturer at SRUC.…

SRUC
20/01/2021

SRUC academic ranked alongside Nobel laureates

An academic from SRUC has been ranked as one of the most highly cited researchers from across the world, including Nobel laureates.…

SRUC
26/11/2020

Smart Sheep

SRUC is part of a research consortium awarded funding to encourage the adoption of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies in UK sheep flocks.…

SRUC
03/11/2020

Study looks at future of EU livestock

Research into the future of EU livestock has found more can be done to reduce the negative environmental impacts of the sector.…

SRUC
22/10/2020

Keeping cows with calves

Dairy farmers and new entrants interested in operating a cow-with-calf dairy system are invited to take part in a survey.…

Dairy Research and Innovation Centre
21/10/2020

Event to explain science behind provenance

Food experts and researchers are teaming up to highlight the science behind the provenance of Scottish produce.…

SRUC
19/10/2020

When the chips are down

An SRUC scientist is part of a new Cryobank project which will safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of six major UK food crops - barley, oats, oil seed rape, potato, sugar beet and wheat.…

SRUC
09/10/2020

Report highlights challenge in meeting UK net-zero carbon goals for livestock

An independent report assessing the carbon intensity of UK livestock production systems has found currently technologies cannot deliver even half the industry’s 2050 carbon emissions reduction goal.…

SRUC
02/10/2020

Sunfish washes up on Scottish beach

When experts from the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) are called out, it is usually to deal with strandings of seals, whales, porpoises or dolphins.…

SRUC
25/09/2020

New antibiotics usage survey seeks sheep farmers’ views

Farmers and vets are being asked to take part in a survey which aims to establish the amount of antibiotics used in the Scottish sheep industry.…

SRUC
22/09/2020