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Professor Jude Capper
PhD DSc (h.c.) ARAgSABP 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 Vice-Chair of the Green Apprenticeships Advisory Panel at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
Professional Memberships
- Associate member 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
Office: Aspire 04 Aspire Centre
Research profile: ORCID
Publications
Other publications
- 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. (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. (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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