Livestock

Livestock plays a key role in UK agriculture, helping to provide high quality food such as meat, milk and eggs, and contributing £14.7bn in output to the UK economy in 2020.

Livestock is a wide ranging industry encompassing everything from extensive hill farming of sheep, to lowland dairy and beef production, and pig and poultry production. Within the UK, we have large, well established companies and emerging SMEs who are actively involved in innovation. The UK is also home to a strong research base in animal and veterinary science and related areas, including world leaders. Livestock farming represents a major land use in the UK and is a key part to tackling climate change and ensuring that we’re able to feed the rapidly growing global population.

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Related Opportunities

Full ADOPT Grant: Round 3

Opens: 21/08/2025   Closes: 15/10/2025

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

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Farming Innovation Programme: Small R&D Partnership Projects Rd 4

Opens: 15/09/2025   Closes: 05/11/2025

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £7.8 million for small R&D partnership projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, a part of the Defra Farming Innovation Programme.

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ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 4

Opens: 04/09/2025   Closes: 15/10/2025

Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.

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Farmed animals and aquaculture SPARK Awards

Opens: 20/10/2025   Closes: 26/11/2025

UK-registered academic institutions or Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) can apply for up to £20,000 to collaborate with a UK-registered SME to accelerate the development of innovative products, processes or services to drive sustainable production within the UK farmed animal or aquacult

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SMART: SCOTLAND grants for feasibility studies for SMEs

Applications accepted year-round

The SMART: SCOTLAND grant, for SMEs in Scotland, supports feasibility studies for high-risk, highly ambitious R&D projects.

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Farming Innovation Programme: Feasibility Round 4

Opens: 13/10/2025   Closes: 03/12/2025

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £4.8m for feasibility projects to address on-farm or post-farmgate challenges or opportunities.

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