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Sponsors Feature – Cargill
11 January 2024

Sponsors Feature – Cargill

Methane typically forms half of a ruminant farm's greenhouse gas emissions, and Cargill highlights methane-reducing feed products as an essential tool to decarbonise agriculture.

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Sponsors Feature – Eurofins
11 January 2024

Sponsors Feature – Eurofins

As global population grows, Eurofins is helping the animal agriculture industry balance rising food demand with protecting the environment, welfare and consumer expectations.

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Meet the speakers... Wil Armitage, Dairy farmer
9 January 2024

Meet the speakers... Wil Armitage, Dairy farmer

Organic dairy farmer Wil Armitage made his name in the Holstein show ring before becoming herd manager at Keythorpe Lakes Farm, building the former Lyons pedigree herd's reputation.

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Sponsors Feature – Elanco
8 January 2024

Sponsors Feature – Elanco

Elanco is a global leader in animal health, innovating products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets, creating value for farmers and the wider industry.

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Sponsors Feature – Livestock Information
5 January 2024

Sponsors Feature – Livestock Information

The Livestock Information Service, established in 2019, is transforming the quality of livestock movement data throughout the supply chain to improve industry sustainability.

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Professor Elizabeth Magowan Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Divison Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
4 January 2024

Meet the speakers... Professor Elizabeth Magowan

Professor Elizabeth Magowan of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute says farmers must focus on reducing gross farm emissions to cut their carbon footprint and support net zero.

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Prof Sharon Huws Professor Animal Science and Microbiology Queens University Belfast
3 January 2024

Meet the speakers... Director of Research Professor Sharon Huws

Professor Sharon Huws of Queen's University Belfast has found ruminant methane can be cut by up to 60% through dietary intervention, according to the latest Northern Ireland trials.

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Sponsors Feature – Illumina
31 December 2023

Sponsors Feature – Illumina

Illumina's innovative sequencing and genotyping solutions are revolutionising agrigenomics and animal breeding, enabling precise genomic analysis and informed selection decisions.

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Sponsors Feature – ABP
30 December 2023

Sponsors Feature – ABP

ABP has built a sixty-year reputation for quality and innovation, supplying retail, foodservice and manufacturing customers while supporting over 12,000 UK farming families.

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Professor John Gilliland OBE one of the ARC Zero project farmers
13 December 2023

The journey to Net Zero, the ARC Zero experience

Farmers in Northern Ireland are making significant progress towards Net Zero through the pioneering ARCZero project, ahead of a legal requirement to cut emissions by 48% before 2030.

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Sponsors Feature – Agrecalc
12 December 2023

Sponsors Feature – Agrecalc

Agrecalc, developed by SAC Consulting and SRUC, has grown from a small carbon footprint calculator for imported lamb in 2007 into a fully-fledged farm carbon accounting platform.

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Co-op funds conference places for students and young farmers
11 December 2023

Co-op funds conference places for students and young farmers

The Co-op is funding 40 young farmer and agricultural student places at this year's BCBC conference in Telford, themed 'Green Genes: revolutionising cattle breeding for the future'.

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