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Minister sees benefits of Rural Funding Scheme on visit to Anahilt
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Anahilt in County Down to see first-hand the benefits that grant aid from his Department’s Rural Micro Capital Grants Scheme (RMCGS) 2021 has provided to young people in the community.
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Crossbreeding in moderate to high yielding dairy herds
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering dairy farmers the opportunity to travel to Somerset and Devon to learn about crossbreeding in moderate to high yielding dairy herds.
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Increasing dairy feed efficiency on a Fermanagh dairy farm
Jillian Moore farms with her father Tom Phair at Garvary, outside Enniskillen. Jillian is a member of a College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Business Development Group (BDG) in County Fermanagh.
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Poots opens new recycling facility in Carrickfergus
A £1million investment in a new recycling facility will help both our environment and economy, says Environment Minister Edwin Poots.
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First Class Graduation Celebrations at CAFRE, Loughry Campus
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) celebrated Food student achievements at a Graduation Ceremony held at Loughry Campus, Cookstown on Friday 24 June 2022.
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2022/23 Water Quality Challenge Fund now open - Poots
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has launched this year’s Environmental Challenge Fund Competition which will provide funding to projects led by local stakeholders to help improve our aquatic environment.
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Work begins on new DAERA Waste Management Strategy
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has published the Closure report for the current Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy.
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Agriculture Minister visits Royal Highland Show
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh to meet with his Scottish counterpart and to support the Northern Ireland food companies exhibiting at the event.
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Graduation Celebrations at CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) celebrated the achievements of equine and work-based agriculture students at a ceremony at Enniskillen Campus on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022.
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Farm performance in 2020/21
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the booklet 'Northern Ireland Farm Performance Indicators 2020/21’.
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Attention to detail is key to successful heifer rearing on Tyrone dairy farm
Rex Wilson and sons Jack and James manage a mixed dairy, pigs and poultry farm on the outskirts of Coagh, Co Tyrone. The farm has been recently selected as a College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Technology Demonstration Farm (TDF) to demonstrate best...
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Environment Minister announces ‘Yellow Fish’ campaign
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced an Northern Ireland Environment Agency ‘Yellow Fish’ campaign; a simple water pollution prevention tool that aims to both raise awareness of water pollution and positively engage local communities and businesses.
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Ministers highlight benefits of school milk subsidy scheme during visit to county Antrim Primary School
Environment Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen have visited Eden Primary School in Carrickfergus, one of 442 Primary Schools in Northern Ireland to participate in the School Milk Subsidy Scheme.
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301 schools benefit from £2.2m School Pollinator Garden Scheme
Environment Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen have praised the success of the School Pollinator Garden Scheme during a visit to Queen Elizabeth II Primary School in Pomeroy.
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Minister marks Clean Air Day with visit to Belfast Primary School
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Knockbreda Primary School in Belfast, who are participating in his Department’s Clean Air Day Primary Schools Campaign to mark Clean Air Day 2022.
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Minister reopens Forestry Grant Schemes for 2022
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots, MLA has announced the next stage of the ‘Forests for Our Future’ programme by opening the Forest Expansion Scheme & Small Woodland Grant Schemes to encourage and help landowners plant their own woodlands.
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Managing rising costs on beef and sheep farms
You’ve got the quantity with first cut – now plan for quality with second cut
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CAFRE Hill Farm opens for environmental farm tours
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will be hosting farm tours at the CAFRE Glenwherry Hill Farm this summer. The tours will showcase the work underway at the farm to manage the land in a way that significantly improves the impact of...
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Managing rising costs on beef and sheep farms – The potential of red clover as a long term mitigation
With concentrate and fertiliser prices hitting record highs Adam Jones, CAFRE Beef and Sheep Adviser explores how establishing a red clover sward could be one option in reducing your farms reliance on fertiliser and bought in concentrates.
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May stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in May 2022: