Professor Jude Capper
PhD DSc (h.c.) ARAgS FRASEABP Chair of Sustainable Beef and Sheep Production
Professor Capper has over 17 years of experience in assessing the environmental impacts and sustainability of livestock production systems through whole-system holistic models based on cattle performance and nutritional principles. She has a PhD in ruminant nutrition and behaviour and specific expertise in beef population dynamics, nutrition, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, and whole-system environmental sustainability.
Prof. Capper's research focuses on modeling the sustainability of livestock production systems, specifically beef, sheep and dairy with current projects relating to the factors influencing greenhouse gas emissions, economic viability and whole system sustainability of UK beef and sheep operations; and interactions between dairy and beef cattle productivity on the sustainability of the combined UK cattle population.
Prof. Capper is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers and Treasurer of the National Beef Association. She is also Chair of the Route Panel for Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care and past Vice-Chair of the Green Apprenticeships Advisory Panel at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
To contact Professor Capper, please email: jcapper@harper-adams.ac.uk
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society
- Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers
- Member of Meat Businesswomen
- Member of the British Society of Animal Science
- Member of the Dairy Science Forum
- Member of Women in Dairy
Academic Department: Agriculture and Environment
Research: Beef and Sheep Research Group
Research: Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Group
Office: Aspire 04 Aspire Centre
Research profile: ORCID
Publications
Other publications
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Are cows really killing the planet? The truths and myths behind British beef production (Royal Agricultural Society of England New Year Lectures, London, UK; January 15th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Improving sustainability – from cattle, crops and carbon to consumer communications (Vintermøde 2024, Billund, Denmark; January 17th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Is there any role for livestock in a global sustainable farming system? (LEAF Annual Conference 2024, London, UK; February 1st 2024)
- Capper, J. L., Wilkinson, R. G. and Sinclair, L. A. (2024) Two for the price of one? Moving to dual-purpose dairy breeds has little impact on total greenhouse gas emissions from cattle production. Animal - Science Proceedings
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Securing the future for livestock production (FW Transitions Live, Cambridge, UK; March 9th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Cattle - part of the solution, not the problem (Royal Three Counties Show, Great Malvern, UK; June 14th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) What do societies and agriculture need to do to be sustainable for the future? (Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference, Edinburgh, UK; June 26th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Sustainability in UK sheep farming (National Sheep Association Sheep 2024, Great Malvern, UK; July 30th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Sustainability and the impact of cattle on the environment (AVTRW Annual Conference, Keele, UK; September 12th 2024)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) Technology's positive impact on sustainability in animal agriculture (NIAA Animal Health Webinar, online; November 6th 2024)
- Capper, J. L. (2024) FAS Cow of the Future part 1 - Where are we now? (FAS The Cow of the Future Webinars, online; November 6th 2024.)
- Capper, J. L., Lee, M. R. F., Morgan, S. M., Naylor, N., Noble, N. and Stocker, P. (2024) UK Sheep Farming and the Sustainability Agenda
- Capper, J. L. (2023) The future of productive life and environmental sustainability in dairy cattle
- Capper, J. L. (2023) Investing in cattle health to improve sustainability (Presentation to the Ruminant Health and Welfare Steering Group, Online, November 15th 2023.)
- Capper, J. L. (2023) Sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions from beef production (Book chapter published in the Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences, 3rd Edition, 2023. )
- Capper, J. L. (2023) Sustainability in livestock production systems – what are the options? (Presentation at the SCI/CIEL/BSAS Healthy and Sustainable Diets Conference, London, December 5th 2023. )
- Mayerfeld, D. Capper, J. L. (2023) The Benefits of Modern Efficiency Our Carbon Hoofprint
- Capper, J. L. (2023) Herbivore nutrition, ecosystems and nature-based solutions – what are the sustainability opportunities and trade-offs? International Symposium for the Nutrition of Herbivores, Florianopolis, Brazil; June 6th 2023.
- Capper, J. L. Ford, L. Behrendt, K. Harris, E. (2023) Helping farmers navigate the green economy: A data-driven blueprint for net zero beef. In: British Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK
- Capper, J. L. (2023) An academic perspective – How research has already delivered benefits to industry. British Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK
- Capper, J. L. Williams, P. (2023) Investing in health to improve the sustainability of cattle production in the United Kingdom: a narrative review. The Veterinary Journal
- Capper, J. L. (2023) Have animal products got a future in human nutrition?” Society of Feed Technologists Next Generation Conference, Coventry, UK.
- Capper, J. L. (2022) What about welfare when it comes to sustainable food?” London Vet Show, London, UK,
- Capper, J. L. (2022) How do we move beyond carbon to look at the whole picture? NFU Cymru Conference, Llandrindod Wells, UK
- Capper, J. L. (2022) Cows of the future – challenges and opportunities for sustainable cattle systems” World Buiatrics Congress, Madrid, Spain
- Capper, J. L. (2022) Sustainability in action – how do we “meat” demand without “milking” the environment? World Buiatrics Congress, Madrid, Spain
- Capper, J. L. (2022) The role of youngstock in sustainability” National Youngstock Conference, Harper Adams University, Shropshire, UK
- Capper, J. L. (2022) Securing a prosperous future for the Scottish livestock sector” ANM Beyond 150 Conference (online)
- Capper, J. L. (2022) Ruminants and climate change in the UK – What we need to know. Presentation to the Society of Feed Technologists Ruminant Conference, Coventry, UK
- Capper, J. L. (2022) From the first AI to technologies of the future – what role do genetics play in improving sustainability? British Cattle Breeders Conference, online.
- Capper, J. L. (2022) Strategies to inform decision making in dairy and meat supply chains” BSAS/CIEL Conference on Net Zero Carbon: Meeting UK Livestock Targets, online.
- Capper, J. L. (2021) Does size matter? Improving efficiency and sustainability without being prescriptive. British Cattle Veterinary Association Annual Congress, Cardiff, UK.
- Capper, J. L. (2021) A sustainable food supply – the role of animal health” NOAH Conference (online).
- Capper, J. L. (2021) All hot air? How do we demonstrate that ruminants are not environmental villains?” Goat Veterinary Society Autumn Conference, Taunton, UK.
- Capper, J. L. (2021) Current issues and controversies in assessing the environmental impacts of livestock production. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources.
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