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The uses of collective data: An industry overview

The uses of collective data: An industry overview Timestamps: 0:00 - Prof Macrae's background and current area of work 1:30 - Nutritional Monitoring 2:14 - Data complexity -…

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CowAlert - Activity sensors for the early detection of lameness

Peacock Technology’s CowAlert system uses a leg-mounted sensor to collect activity data. This is combined with the cow’s biological data, production data, and farm-associated…

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Data for animal breeding, performance, and health

Lecture by Prof Geoff Simm for the DataLab 'The Power of Data in Farm Animal Practice' Timestamps 0:00 Intro0:25 The history of genetics and breeding2:29 The use of data for breeding and…

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Data-driven breeding

by Dr Nicola Lambe | SRUC Hills and Mountain Research Centre 'The Power of Data in Farm Animal Practice' Course Course website: https://edin.ac/farm-data

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Sm@RT Tech: Solutions based on need (Discussion)

by Dr Claire Morgan-Davies | SRUC Hills and Mountain Research Centre 'The Power of Data' Course Course website: https://edin.ac/farm-data

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Practical on-farm data collection

by Dr Ann McLaren | SRUC Hills and Mountain Research Centre 'The Power of Data' Course Course website: https://edin.ac/farm-data

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Module 4: CowAlert - Activity sensors for early detection of lameness

Peacock Technology’s CowAlert system uses a leg-mounted sensor to collect activity data. This is combined with the cow’s biological data, production data, and farm-associated…

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Impacts of data on farm productivity, health and welfare

Dr Rebecca Doyle Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction0:14 - The Value of Data for Productivity, Health and Welfare1:19 - Benchmarking2:57 - Continuous Improvements 4:28 - Blind Spots 6:06 - Conclusion …

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Rice Production: Transplanted Rice

As we mentioned when looking at lowland irrigated rice, the method of establishing the rice in nurseries and then transplanting into fields has higher methane emissions than direct seeding. In…

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Rice Production: Irrigated Lowland Rice

Rice is produced in a wide variety of biomes, and this led to a diversity in production systems. It is grown in high altitudes such as the Himalayas, as well as tropical, subtropical and temperate…

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Rice Production: Introduction

One of the largest quantities of grains produced globally is rice. Around 500 million tonnes of rice are consumed annually. Over a billion people rely on rice as a key element of daily diets. There…

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COP26 Debrief: Food Security with Dr Annis Richardson

In the second episode of our COP26, Chris (@donohoho) chats to Dr Annis Richardson (@Dr_AnnisR) about her research on food security. With climate change causing extreme weather, crop growth is…

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Global Health Challenges Intro Course - Big Food Part 2 2020-11-9

Big Food Pt 2: Lindsay Jaack

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Global Health Challenges Intro Course - Big Food Part 1 2020-11-9

Big Food Part 1: Lindsay Jaacks

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Sustainable Food Systems

Dr Fiona Borthwick introduces you to the key stages of the food system and how they are linked. We will look at the increasing global nature of food systems, the basic concept of sustainability and…

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Food security - a critical issue worldwide

A growing population and an earth with finite resources is resulting in unique challenges for humanity. Our students come from different backgrounds from around the world who seek to understand how…

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