Sainsbury’s, Randall Parker Foods and Dunbia support genetic improvement in sheep
Sainsbury’s, Randall Parker Foods and Dunbia support genetic improvement in sheep
A leading multiple retailer and two of the UK’s largest meat manufacturers are backing a major project to drive genetic improvement in lamb.
The sheep industry project is a pilot to improve genetics in sheep.
Sainsbury’s ‘Big Data’ Agriculture R&D Grant Scheme, Randall Parker Foods, Dunbia and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) are supporting the two year RamCompare project, which is being financed by EBLEX, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Quality Meat Scotland and Agrisearch.
The project, a pilot to trial strategies for data capture, will work along the supply chain to get lamb performance data from farms and abattoirs included in genetic evaluation.
