Livestock
Livestock plays a key role in UK agriculture, helping to provide high quality food such as meat, milk and eggs, and contributing £14.7bn in output to the UK economy in 2020.
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Livestock is a wide ranging industry encompassing everything from extensive hill farming of sheep, to lowland dairy and beef production, and pig and poultry production. Within the UK, we have large, well established companies and emerging SMEs who are actively involved in innovation. The UK is also home to a strong research base in animal and veterinary science and related areas, including world leaders. Livestock farming represents a major land use in the UK and is a key part to tackling climate change and ensuring that we’re able to feed the rapidly growing global population.
We’ll share our deep knowledge of the livestock industry and will help you make powerful connections with key stakeholders in the sector.
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SBRI: Reducing Pollution Resulting from Agricultural Ammonia Emissions in the Cattle Sector
Opens: 02/11/2023 Closes: 05/01/2024
Organisations can apply for a share of £1m to develop products or services that reduce the volume of harmful atmospheric pollutants from agriculture.
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Open Innovation challenge: Manure Valorisation and Energy Production
Opens: 04/12/2023 Closes: 31/01/2024
Animal Care, Nigeria, are looking for ways to transform poultry manure into energy sources and other valuable outputs.
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Farming Innovation Programme: Research Starter round 4 - EoI
Opens: 18/12/2023 Closes: 14/02/2024
Farming, growing or forestry businesses in England can apply for a share of up to £850,000 for feasibility projects for net zero agriculture.
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Related Events and Recordings
Wed
21
Feb
2024
Net Zero Innovations Unveiled in Norfolk’s Agri-food Industry
09.00 - 17.00 | Norwich
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Thu
14
Sep
2023
Related News
13/03/2023
Achieving net zero in the ruminant livestock industry in the UK and Ireland
To achieve the ambition of Net Zero emissions by 2050 and to limit global warming to 1.5°C, there is an urgent need to implement greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and strategies.
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09/03/2023
Supporting investment into UK AgriFood in 2023
In recent years Innovate UK and Innovate UK KTN have prioritised building momentum within the AgriFood investment ecosystem as private investment is often essential to help fast track innovative projects in their own right, or in tandem with public funding.