Duration 2 years
Team and Leader J.P. Frost and T.W.J. Keady Organisations involved: ARINI, Hillsborough; Environmental Science Division, DARD
Background and Summary Under EC Council Directive 91/676/EEC, Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) have been designated in catchment areas in the British Isles where nitrate from agricultural land is reported to be a source of pollution of watersources. Within NVZ the application of N from animal manures must be less than 250 kg/ha total N each year over the area of grass on the farm, and 210 kg/ha total N averaged over the area not in grass.
These...
Duration 3 years
Team and Leader Dr A. Carson
Organisations Involved AFBI Hillsborough
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Duration 3 years commencing April 1999
Team and Leader R W J Steen
Organisations Involved Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland
Background and Summary
The Northern Ireland beef industry produces a very varied product in terms of carcass weight, fatness, and conformation from animals with a wide range of genotypes.
Emphasis on vertical integration within the beef industry from producer to consumer to meet the standards of food safety, animal welfare, product quality and environmental protection now demanded by consumers, and by supermarkets acting on...
Duration 3 years commencing September 2006
Team and Leader Professor JJ Strain (UU), Dr M Bonham, Dr J Wallace, Dr E Duffy (UU), Dr G Cuskelly (LMC), Dr B Moss and Dr Ann Fearon (AFBI)
Organisations involved University of Ulster Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (UU), Livestock & Meat Commission (LMC) and Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
Background and Summary
To fill in knowledge gaps, and to update the current estimates of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the Irish population by acquiring data on fatty acid profiles for lean meat meals from...
Duration 4 years commencing March 2005
Team and Leader Dawson, M.A. McCoy and B. Moss
Organisations Involved Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland (DARDNI)
Background and Summary
There are approximately 298,000 and 307,000 dairy and suckler cows in Northern Ireland respectively. Whilst it is envisaged that post Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) the number of suckler cows will decline, it is predicted that the dairy herd will increase slightly.
Currently...