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Loughry Food Student on placement with Karro Cookstown
My name is Roisin Bradley and I am a BSc (Hons) Food Business Management student at CAFRE’s Loughry Campus. I am currently in the third year of my degree course and I am completing my industrial placement at Karro Food Group.
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Greenmount students on tour
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture (EDA) students at Greenmount Campus, CAFRE recently took a break from their studies to visit farms and businesses in Scotland.
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February stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in February 2018:
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Soil analysis reports training gets underway
If you are one of over 500 farmers in the Upper Bann Catchment, who received free soil sampling and analysis reports, co-ordinated by AFBI, as part of the EU Exceptional Adjustment Aid (EAA) Soils Scheme this training is for you.
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Buying a house or remortgaging just got easier – thanks to NIEA
The process for buying a new house or re-mortgaging your home just got faster thanks to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA).
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Greenmount students Rachel and Tiernan through to Irish Finals of Young Horticulturist competition
The Northern Ireland heat of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture Young Horticulturist of the Year competition was recently held in CAFRE at Greenmount, Antrim.
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Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with Scotts Bakery and CAFRE’s Loughry Campus
The week of the 5 to 9 March 2018 is a time to celebrate apprenticeships and how they benefit people, businesses, communities and our economy.
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Business planning skills rewarded by First Trust Bank
First Trust Bank has announced the results of their farm business management competition for final year Foundation degree students at CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus.
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CAFRE students visit the Irish Equine Rehabilitation and Fitness Centre
Students studying the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horse Management at CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus recently had an industry visit to the Irish Equine Rehabilitation and Fitness Centre (IERFC) in Ballinderry, Co Antrim.
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Department publishes Animal Welfare Service Delivery Statistical Bulletin 2016/17
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today began publishing Animal Welfare Service Delivery Statistics on its website www.daera-ni.gov.uk.
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2018 Online Single Application now open
The Online Single Application service for 2018 is now open, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced.
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Brucellosis Compensation Rates for March 2018
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in March will be either:
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Getting to grips with understanding your soil analysis reports
Farmers who received free soil sampling and analysis reports, co-ordinated by AFBI, as part of the EU Exceptional Adjustment (EAA) Soils Scheme have been attending training on how to understand their soil analysis reports.
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Management Notes for March 2018
Management Notes are prepared by staff from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). CAFRE is a college within the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Putting environmental crime under the microscope
A new partnership between the Environment Agency and Forensic Science is stepping up the fight against environmental crime.
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DAERA launches 2018 Basic Payment Scheme Transfer of Entitlement Service
The 2018 Basic Payment Scheme Transfer of Entitlement Service will open on Thursday 1 March 2018 the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced.
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Dealing with the aftermath of prolonged wet weather on grass swards
The prolonged extremely wet weather since late summer 2017 has resulted in many grass swards being not harvested, damaged or ineffectively grazed since August or September last year. What can be done to manage such swards as ground conditions improve this spring?
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Consultation on the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has today launched a consultation on minor changes to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.
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Dealing with the upland landslides in the Sperrins which occurred in August 2017
A meeting was held on Thursday 22nd February in Cranagh Hall, Glenelly, for hill farmers with land that was directly damaged by the landslides in the Sperrins in August 2017.
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Farmers advised to prepare for ‘Beast from the East’
The weather forecast for the week ahead is predicting cold temperatures with frost and potential risk of disruptive snow from mid-week onwards. Even if we don’t get severe weather on this occasion, it is still worth keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and...