Food for Thought
Welcome to our new interactive farming landscape, where you can explore key aspects of sustainable livestock production in Scotland, and the underpinning research and resources held by the SEFARI Institutes.
Increasing the efficiency of red meat production
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- Improving cattle health and welfare (Moredun Research Institute)
- Food for thought - informing opinion in support of UK livestock farmers
- Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks
- Nutrition (Farm Advisory Service)
- Beef cattle (Farm Advisory Service)
- Breeding to reduce methane emissions from beef cattle (SEFARI)
- The future of livestock farming: What’s your beef?
- Acting on methane: opportunities for the UK cattle and sheep sectors
- Livestock diseases and research directory (Moredun Research Institute)
- Food for thought - informing opinion in support of UK livestock farmers
- Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks
- Sheep (Farm Advisory Service)
- Innovation in upland livestock systems (Rural Brexit Hub)
- Buying a ram to breed female replacements (Farm Advisory Service)
- Beef and sheep research (SRUC)
- Acting on methane: opportunities for the UK cattle and sheep sectors
Social and economic benefits of livestock farming
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Positive benefits of eating nutritious red meat
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Environmental benefits of livestock
- Grassland factsheet (NFU Scotland)
- SEFARI fellowship (NFU Scotland)
- Soil carbon digital monitoring (James Hutton Institute)
- Out on the farm (James Hutton Institute)
- Livestock Health & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ClimateXChange)
- Innovation in Upland Livestock Systems (Rural Brexit Hub)
- Changing Climate, Changing Food: Reducing our Carbon Footprint
