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29 February 2012
IBERS, Aberystwyth

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* Newsflash * IBERS grass breeders:  "ASDA's sugar-rich grass to confront cow carbon conundrum" [Press Release]

 

'Breeding LINK' comprises four projects funded under the Defra Sustainable Livestock Production (SLP) LINK programme.

 

The projects, led by IBERS (Aberystwyth University) with the support of AHDB-DairyCo, AHDB-EBLEX, BGS, Germinal Holdings Limited, HCC, LMCNI and QMS, seek to underpin the development of new varieties of grass and clover to enhance beef, sheep and dairy production whilst reducing the environmental impact of grassland agriculture in the UK.

 

The four projects are concerned with:

  • [LK0685] More efficient utilisation of phosphorus
     

  • [LK0686] Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency from soil to plant
     

  • [LK0687] Increasing the efficiency with which nitrogen is used in the rumen
     

  • [LK0688] Developing grass and clover better adapted to the future climate of the UK

 

The Project Summary section of Greener Grasslands contains more detail for each project.

 

The Breeding LINK projects are ponsored by Defra through the Sustainable Livestock Production (SLP) LINK programme with support from AHDB-DairyCo, AHDB-EBLEX, British Grassland Society (BGS), Germinal Holdings Ltd, Hybu Cig Cymru, Livestock and Meat Commission of Northern Ireland LMC(NI) and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

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