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First Milk Limited
First Milk - The Regenerative Co-op
First Milk is a farmer-owned dairy co-operative, enriching life every day to secure the future.
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A Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits and Yield (PROBITY)
1 Aug 2024 to 30 Jun 2027
Over the next 25 years, agricultural productivity in the UK must increase by almost as much as it has over the previous 50 if it is to keep pace with the world's increasing demand for food. But it has plateaued. Meanwhile climate change demands reductions in agricultural GHG emissions, threatens food security, its nutritional quality and the distribution ...
Biosynthesis green hydrogen demonstration
1 Nov 2023 to 31 May 2025
Biofoundry Energy Limited (BE) is developing a novel pathway for green hydrogen synthesis from wastewater derived from the dairy sector. The technology will support a sustainable and affordable transition of the dairy sector to net zero by production of low cost and sustainable green hydrogen. The project will deliver improved productivity and sustainabil...
Nitrogen efficient plants for climate smart arable cropping systems (NCS)
1 Apr 2023 to 31 Mar 2027
The UK Processors and Growers Research Organisation will lead this ambitious national research programme with 200 UK farms and 18 partners to design an environmentally transformative, economically sustainable arable rotation system to optimise crop rotations for climate benefit. UK farming accounts for 10% of the UK's total GHG emissions p/a (46.3 MT), 68...
Digital Dairy Value Chain in South West Scotland & Cumbria
1 Feb 2022 to 31 Jan 2027
**VISION** Creating 624 jobs and £64M p.a. additional GVA, the Digital Dairy Value-Chain will deliver an uplift in the rural economies of Cumbria and South West Scotland. It will develop a world-class research, innovation, business and skills platform to establish the region as a leader in advanced, sustainable and high-value dairy manufacturing. Inclusiv...
Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health & welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for dairy production.
1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2022
Dairy production and processing are key industries for many rural areas in western Britain, converting human inedible feeds into valuable components of healthy varied diets and contributing to the sustainability of rural communities. Dairy production has the lowest carbon footprint of all of the ruminant production systems that can utilise the UK's grassl...
Effective milk processing with variable composition
1 Nov 2015 to 31 Jul 2018
This project is will deliver a step change to the capability of milk processing technology at Nestlé. It will deliver consistent high quality output, irrespective of the specification of the incoming milk. The Nestlé plant at Dalston in Cumbria has developed a number of innovative processes to produce a variety of milk powder based products. A key element...