FUNDING: SRUC Barony Dairy Unit A DIGITAL dairy project aiming to create 600 new jobs in South-West Scotland and Cumbria has been awarded more than £21 million of funding. Led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), it is expected the Digital Dairy Value-Chain could generate an additional £60m a year for a region which produces nearly two billion litres of milk a year. Globally, the industry produces around three per cent of greenhouse gases related to human activity. As well as helping to decarbonise the region’s dairy industry, the project will help to develop and retain a skilled and innovative workforce in the area to create new products and new ways of working.These will be special to the region.
Dumfries and Galloway set for jobs boost thanks to game-changing £21 million digital dairy grant
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Scottish dairy sector to benefit from more than £21m funding
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