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Harper Adams University College is the UK’s leading provider of specialist higher education and research for the food chain, rural and land-based industries. Undergraduate, postgraduate and PHD subjects cover every aspect of food production, from agricultural engineering to food marketing, land management and animal health and welfare. For more information visit www.harper-adams.ac.uk

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Student research investigates ewe diets

Final year students at Harper Adams University hope to find out whether using home grown protein sources, such as rapeseed meal, affects ewe and lamb performance through an EBLEX sponsored trial. Nutritional recommendations for ewe diets were developed around 50 years ago, yet much has changed in terms of breeds used, ewe weights, productivity and birth-weights. Currently, there is a reliance on the use of soya bean meal - an expensive and imported protein source. This project aims to provide evidence of how substituting some of the soya bean meal in ewe rations with protected home-

Initial findings prove Marmite to be ‘iconic’

INITIAL findings from research conducted at Harper Adams University have found that Marmite is a truly ‘iconic’ brand and that most people love the product. A study has taken place during the last year to determine what proportion of the population likes or dislikes Marmite, whether it is seen as an ‘iconic’ brand, and if those people who indicated that they loved Marmite, whether they were able to tell the difference when compared to rival products. The work was also carried out in countries that have native yeast extract spreads, including Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Testing Marmite – do you love it, or hate it?

Researchers at Harper Adams University College investigate public's perception of MarmiteYOU might love it, you might hate it, but researchers at Harper Adams University College are hoping to find out what the public really thinks of popular spread, Marmite. Questionnaires have been distributed and taste tests have taken place to calculate what proportion of the population likes or dislikes the product, whether it is seen as an ‘iconic’ brand, and if they do like it, whether they can tell the difference when compared to rival products. The research is being replicated in other

Soil compaction research

How cattle and tractors affect soil compactionRESEARCHERS at Harper Adams University College have been investigating how cattle and tractors affect soil compaction, grass yields and the emission of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide. The work is part of a project funded by DairyCo and involves academics from Reading University, the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) and Harper Adams. On-going field experiments at the University College in Shropshire, and at the SAC, Dumfries, are investigating the impact of cattle and tractor compaction on soil microbial processes affecting the

Poultry internship for Brazilian student

São Paulo postgraduate student researches poultry nutrition at Harper AdamsA POSTGRADUATE student from Brazil has spent the past two months researching poultry nutrition at Harper Adams University College. 26-year-old Amanda Fernandes is in the second year of a Masters degree in the same subject at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She came to the University College in Shropshire to complete a research internship to gain extra experience during the vacation period. Amanda said: “I have been working on the poultry unit, investigating how we might be able to use plant extracts in

Crops project receives funding

Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network sponsors Harper Adams researchResearchers at Harper Adams University College have been awarded funding to complete a project that looks at the plant disease club root. The research, ‘conducting preliminary investigations on the effect of growing and incorporating biofumigant plants in soil infested with Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root)’, is sponsored by the Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network. They have awarded Harper Adams £5,000 through the SPARK Award initiative, a series of fixed value grants paid to encourage collaboration between the

Research investigates Herd Health Plans

West Midlands dairy farmers give opinions on Herd Health PlansHARPER Adams postgraduate research student, Stacey Blease, has been asking West Midlands farmers to air their opinions about Herd Health Plans. She has issued around 1400 questionnaires to all dairy farmers in the region to find out their attitudes and opinions towards completing the documents, and how useful they find them. Herd Health Plans were introduced in the late 1990s and are a requirement of many milk buying and herd assurance schemes. Stacey’s PhD aims to quantify the incidence of disease on dairy farms and

Dairy cows, inside or out?

Researchers investigate whether cows prefer to be inside or out.Researchers at Harper Adams University College are investigating whether the amount of grass dairy cows have access to affects their preference to be inside or out. Traditionally, pasture is seen to provide cattle with higher welfare standards than indoor housing systems, but with the move to larger-scale dairy farms, cows are now being housed all-year round. Trials at Harper Adams in Shropshire hope to find out how important being at pasture is to dairy cows and how strong this preference is. Post graduate researcher,

Research placement investigates pig nutrition

Study investigates how much straw bedding pigs eat and how this affects their digestion.A RECENT graduate of Harper Adams is investigating how much straw bedding pigs eat and how this affects their digestion, as part of a special research placement. Stephen Mansbridge is completing a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) research experience placement (REP) on the farm at the University College in Shropshire. He is working with 45 sows and 96 growing pigs and collecting samples to see how much bedding the pigs are eating. Steve from Burgess Hill, West Sussex,

Student's food waste research

A Harper Adams student has identifyed areas of waste in the fresh produce supply chain.Harper Adams agri-food student, Sebastian James, spent the summer identifying areas of waste in the fresh produce supply chain as part of a 10-week research placement. 19-year-old Seb from Windsor worked for five weeks at the University College in Shropshire and five weeks at Reading University. His research looks at the produce that can’t be marketed from the field or greenhouse and during packaging and processing, specifically potatoes, lettuce, strawberries, cut herbs and spinach. Seb, who is

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