DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · Awarded contract

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Supply and Installation of Cattle Feed Intake Measurement Equipment for Beef Improvement Research Programme

Awarded 30 Sep 2015

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Awarded30 Sep 2015

Value£220,000.00

SupplierGrowsafe Systems Ltd

AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

RegionUnited Kingdom

CategoryAgriculture & Farming

Ended 7y 1mo ago4y term

Awarded 30 Sept 2015Expired 29 Sept 2019

About

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs awarded a contract to Growsafe Systems Ltd for the provision of equipment to measure individual feed intake in group-housed growing cattle on commercial farms.

The contract, valued at £220,000, involved the purchase and installation of a minimum of forty-eight individual feeding stations across two or more farms, with installation completed by the end of June 2016.

The project aimed to demonstrate the ability to measure and select for feed intake parameters in beef cattle on commercial farms and establish a system for recording traits relevant to feed efficiency that can be extended across cattle breeds.

Core objectives included establishing a consortium of stakeholders, undertaking studies to devise, test and validate selection and breeding objectives, developing protocols for national scale use, establishing a network of facilities, conducting genetic analysis, and establishing a business model for an ongoing national programme.

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