Document type : news item from Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) website
Preview: A £5 million research project involving nine countries - from Scandinavia to the Middle East - is aiming to revolutionize the use of precision technology in sheep and goat farming, according to Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), which is leading the project.
SRUC said the TechCare project will be the biggest study of its kind for small ruminants and will focus on improving management of welfare as well as performance.
The four-year project - which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program - will assess the usefulness of different precision livestock farming (PLF) approaches for sheep and goat welfare management by, as a first step, running workshops and discussion groups with members of the industry, including farmers, transporters and abattoirs, as well as consumers and welfare associations.
