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New role for SRUC Board member

Dr Kate Richards, who serves as a Non-Executive Director on the SRUC Board, has been re-elected to the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.…

  • SRUC
  • 01/05/2020
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SRUC to research Covid-19 in rural Scotland

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is one of 15 Scottish universities and research institutions contributing to global efforts to combat coronavirus and its wider effects.…

  • SRUC
  • 29/04/2020
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Unwrapping the secret of ‘healthy’ chocolate

New ‘healthy’ and luxury vegan chocolates are being developed by two Scottish businesses with the help of an SRUC chef.…

  • SRUC
  • 29/04/2020
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Benchmarking farm performance

New benchmarking tools have been created to help farmers improve their profitability by comparing their performance against other businesses in the sector.…

  • SRUC
  • 28/04/2020
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Hydrogen fuelled tractor enthusiasm grows on Aberdeenshire farm

What started as a cursory interest has resulted in Mr Barron retrofitting two tractors and his farm jeep with a hydrogen electrolyser saving him 20% on his fuel costs.…

  • SRUC
  • 24/04/2020
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New approaches needed to boost productivity in Scottish agriculture

Scottish agriculture may need to adopt some “radical” approaches to maintain productivity growth and enhance its resilience.…

  • SRUC
  • 23/04/2020
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Do you know your beans?

Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have joined scientists across Europe to study factors affecting the yield of beans.…

  • SRUC
  • 22/04/2020
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From classrooms to care homes

SRUC has been donating supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS, care homes and charities across the country.…

  • SRUC
  • 21/04/2020
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Chicken wings its way to charities

Food banks, school breakfast clubs and homeless shelters have benefitted from a massive 1.4 tonne donation of chicken from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).…

  • SRUC
  • 17/04/2020
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Putting Community First

The running of the Oatridge Golf Course at the Scotland’s Rural College at Ecclesmachan, near Uphall in West Lothian, has transferred to the Binny Golf Club.…

  • SRUC
  • 09/04/2020
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Sheep and Goat Health Scheme

A statement from George Caldow, Head of SRUC Veterinary Services, on SRUC’s Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme. “I would like to reassure the members of SRUC's Premium Sheep and Goat Health Scheme (PSGHS) and those involved in the wider sheep industry that SRUC will do everything that can be done to ensure continuity of the health scheme.…

  • SRUC
  • 08/04/2020
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SRUC principal appointed to DFID group

The principal of Scotland’s Rural College has been appointed to the UK’s Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) Science Advisory Group (SAG).…

  • SRUC
  • 06/04/2020
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