Research

Back to the future

The importance of ensuring a future for ‘high nature value’ farmlands across the globe has been highlighted in a new paper published by a consortium of European scientists.…

SRUC
10/12/2019

Counting sheep

The Scottish sheep industry needs to process more animals at home and develop markets outside of the European Union in order to meet future challenges, new research has found. The research –…

SRUC
19/11/2019

Raising the bar on positive animal welfare

A review of positive animal welfare has found it represents an important evolution from the wider concept of animal welfare. Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College led a critical review of the…

SRUC
18/11/2019

The sheep of things to come

Research looking at ways of breeding sheep and goats to cope with climate change has found significant variations in how individual animals respond to fluctuating weather conditions. The study, led by…

SRUC
14/11/2019

Upland research farms reach 50-year summit

Scotland’s Rural College is this week celebrating the 50th anniversary of its innovative, influential and international upland research and demonstration farms.…

SRUC
11/11/2019

Climate change research wins PhD student prize

A postgraduate student at Scotland’s Rural College has won a prize for her research looking at the effects of climate change on European grassland yields.…

SRUC
07/11/2019

Good vibes in tickled rats are contagious

Just as laughter is contagious in humans, the positive mood induced in rats when tickled can be catching.…

SRUC
18/10/2019

Finding the positives in animal welfare

Researchers at SRUC have found a significant overlap between the views of farmers and scientists on positive animal welfare. In the first study of its kind, livestock farmers were asked directly what…

SRUC
09/10/2019

Scientists investigate stink bug threat

Scientists are investigating whether a stink bug which wreaks havoc on a wide range of crops could establish itself in Scotland.…

SRUC
07/10/2019

Grass to Gas

Scottish scientists are leading an international research project to find new ways of feeding and breeding sheep to reduce their impact on the environment.…

SRUC
02/10/2019

Global livestock research centre looks to the future

The founding partners of a global livestock research partnership, including SRUC, have signed a collaborative framework agreement to underpin its future for the next five years.…

SRUC
02/10/2019

Breeding for an extra lamb chop

Sheep farmers can now breed for extra chops – thanks to information being provided by CT scans of live lambs. Researchers at Scotland’s Rural College have been using CT technology for more than two…

SRUC
26/09/2019