Climate Change Action Plan
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Sheep experts team up to reduce emissions
SRUC and the Texel Sheep Society have teamed up with partners from New Zealand, Ireland, and three other key sheep-breeding nations to provide a platform for national and global comparison of methane and carbon dioxide emissions for the purpose of selective breeding for lower-emitting animals.
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Ministers open multi-million pound Dairy Nexus
Ministers from the UK and Scottish governments have opened a multi-million pound facility designed to boost innovation and sustainability in the dairy industry.
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SRUC’s Dr Rosie Everett to tackle climate resilience and water scarcity with a British Academy Fellowship
An SRUC scientist has been awarded over £100,000 from the British Academy for a 12-month Fellowship to address climate resistance and water scarcity in southern Africa.
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Peatlands project to tackle greenhouse gas emissions
A major new project has been launched to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands.
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‘Cool Calf’ could help accelerate dairy journey to net zero
Hilda, the first Langhill Herd calf to be born through IVF, is part of the Cool Cows project, which aims to establish a nucleus of highly methane-efficient animals.
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New net zero project focuses on grasslands
Jeff Aiken, outgoing Texel Sheep Society Chair (left) presenting Prof Joanne Conington with her award. Scottish researchers are playing a key role in a UK-wide project aimed at transforming grasslands
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Vertical Farm
The Vertical Farm is an exciting, innovative farming solution being built at SRUC’s King’s Buildings campus in Edinburgh that will provide a fully controllable facility for researching crop growth.
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GreenShed
The state-of-the-art GreenShed will use cattle waste products to power a methane capturing system and grow indoor crops.
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Dairy Nexus
A transformational project to foster innovation in the dairy sector, the Dairy Nexus will boost productivity and work to decarbonise the sector.
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