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​The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Elizabeth Magowan as its new President.

Farmer-funded research body AgriSearch has launched a new PhD Scholarship Programme aimed at improving the overall resilience and sustainability of the ruminant livestock sector in Northern Ireland.

Climate change obligations may limit livestock numbers in Northern Ireland, according to recent research and modelling.

PhD examines role of homegrown protein crops in dairy cow diets Jason Rankin (right), General Manager of AgriSearch congratulates Dr David Johnston (left) on the successful completion of his PhD. The topical subject of using homegrown proteins in dairy cow diets has been recently used by Dr. David Johnston, to complete his PhD funded jointly by DAERA and AgriSearch, supervised by Queen's University and AFBI. AgriSearch General Manager Jason Rankin congratulated David and commented; “The publication of these findings is very timely as there is renewed interest in growing protein crops i...

And staff at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) will be leading the way in this regard. No better time, then, for Farming Life’s Richard Halleron to have a ‘virtual coffee’ with the lady that has been charged with the job of making sure this work gets over the line - Dr Elizabeth Magowan. Earlier this week, AFBI’s Director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences Division and mother of two young children gave up some of her valuable time to discuss her background, upbringing, her interest in science and the opportunities that now exist to develop a farming industry in Northern ...