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University of Reading

General information

Country:

England

Research Facility/installation:

CEDAR

Farm type:

Experimental Farm

Stakeholder type:

Public

Address:

CEDAR, Hall Farm, Church Lane, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9HX, UK. PO381XW

Website:

http://www.reading.ac.uk/apd/research-and-facilities/cedar.aspx

Primary Contact Person:

Chris Reynolds

Site characteristics

Climate:

Temperate

Total land (ha):

760

Grazing land (ha):

380

Grazing season length (days):

320

Enterprise:

Dairy & Beef

Animals

Number of dairy cows:

560

Dairy cow breed:

Holstein

Number of suckler cows:

0

Suckler cow breed:

N/A

Number of steers:

350

Steer breed:

Holstein & Holstein x Angus

Research equipment

Individual feed intake facility:

No

Metabolism facility:

Yes

Greenhouse gas measurement:

Yes

Digestion facilities:

Yes

Grazing studies equipment:

Yes

Behavioural monitoring:

Yes

Ethical aspects

Animal Welfare body:

Yes

Licence to perform experiments:

Yes

Name of the ethical licence body:

Laboratory facilities

Capacity to process blood sample:

Yes

Capacity to process meat sample:

Yes

Capacity to process milk sample:

Yes

Capacity to process digestive system sample:

Yes

Capacity to process calorimeter/metabolism sample:

Yes

Capacity to process diet/feed sample:

Yes

Capacity to process DMI sample:

Yes

Project Framework

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730924.

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