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Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Bioethanol co-products (ENBBIO) The aim of the project is to quantify sources of variability in wheat DDGS a co-product of the modern bioethanol and distilling industries, identify opportunities to enhance its value, to consider innovative processes to reduce fibre content (for non-ruminants) and to quantify the contribution of the co-products to the overall GHG balance of UK crop, livestock and ethanol production.
The environmental consequences of using home-grown legumes as a protein source in pig diets (Green Pig Project) The aim of this project is to assess the potential for greater inclusion of home grown legumes (peas and beans) as an environmentally friendly alternative to soybean meal and to identify whether specific varieties have a closer match to the requirements of the UK pig feeding industry than others.
An environmental analysis of the consequences of using home grown protein sources in pig diets The overall aim of this studentship was to simulate, at farm level, the environmental impacts of replacing soybean meal with home-grown legumes (peas, beans or lupins) in starter, grower and finisher pig diets.
Lupins in sustainable agriculture (LISA) LISA was a five year project addressing the use of spring sown yellow and narrow leaf (blue) lupins in UK agriculture. Lupins potentially offer a home-grown high protein feed source comparable to Soya.
Low protein diets for pig production This research project is investigating whether protein levels in pig diets can be considerably reduced below current standard levels to allow producers to meet increasingly stringent targets for nitrogen emissions.
An investigation into the effect of milk supplementation using a milk line system on performance and behaviour in naturally suckled piglets The objective of this project was to establish the benefits of the milk line system in a controlled scientific environment and provide producers with information of how it is best utilised.