Recent student research projects

Assessing the impact of cultivation strategy upon the growth, development and yield of winter wheat
Interactions between stem-base diseases and their pathogens in winter wheat
Optimising bioenergy production from cereal straw
A 'life cycle analysis' (LCA) of milk production at University Farm
The effects of mastitis and dairy cow fertility
A financial appraisal of non-maize based anaerobic digestion at the University Dairy Centre
A sustainability index of a livestock production system
Explaining patterns of milking behaviour in robotic milking.

Recent Agricultural and Veterinary Science research projects and papers from work conducted at University Farm

Methane emissions among individual dairy cows during milking quantified by eructation peaks or ratio with carbon dioxide
Reducing dietary protein in dairy cow diets: implications for nitrogen utilization, milk production, welfare and fertility
Variation in enteric methane emissions among cows on commercial dairy farms
Determination of the absolute accuracy of UK chamber facilities used in measuring methane emissions from livestock
A case study of the carbon footprint of milk from high-performing confinement and grass-based dairy farms
Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system
Evaluation of treatments for claw horn lesions in dairy cows in a randomized controlled trial
Biochar-mediated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from soil amended with anaerobic digestates
Nitrogen partitioning and remobilization in relation to leaf senescence, grain yield and grain N concentration in wheat cultivars
High-resolution 3D structural data quantifies the impact of photoinhibition on long term carbon gain in wheat canopies in the field
Carpel size, grain filling, and morphology determine individual grain weight in wheat
Spelt as a genetic resource for yield component improvement in bread wheat.