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Bumblebees and butterflies set to benefit from £100,000 pollinator garden
Magheralin Church of Ireland has won a £100,000 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pollinator Garden Award, Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced.
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Food careers in focus at Loughry Campus
Students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) benefit from the college’s close links with the agri-food industry. Loughry Campus recently hosted a Careers Day to encourage students to connect with employers. They met with companies and heard about the wide range...
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Loughry Food students rise to the Avondale Challenge
Students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) benefit from the college’s close connections with the agri-food industry.
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£1million investment in International Appalachian Trail will benefit future generations - Poots
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has officially launched a newly enhanced section of the Ulster-Ireland International Appalachian Trail (IAT) during a visit to the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh.
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Jamie receives Pam Pointer Award for Horticulture
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) student, Jamie Gault has recently been announced as a recipient of the Pam Pointer Award in recognition of his outstanding achievement in academic and practical Horticulture.
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Apply now for CAFRE’s Level 2 Agricultural Business Operations Course
The CAFRE Agricultural Business Operations (ABO) Level 2 Certificate Course is open for 2022/23 applications from 1 May to 31 July.
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DAERA and Economy Ministers support innovation and Green Growth technologies at Artemis
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA and Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA have visited Artemis Technologies in Belfast.
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Terms of reference published for External Independent Review
The Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the Terms of Reference for the External Independent Review of how the Department dealt with concerns raised in the recent Industrial Tribunal case taken by former DAERA vet Dr Tamara Bronckaers.
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Extended £60,000 park trail will improve health and wellbeing for people of Lisburn - Poots
Public sector partnership working has resulted in the extension of the Glenmore Parkland Trail in Lisburn. It enhances the opportunity for residents and visitors to enjoy the outdoors and get closer to nature, resulting in improved health and wellbeing.
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Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report released
The Northern Ireland Environmental Statistics Report has been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Rising costs – are you sure you can do nothing about it?
Farming for many is about finding the best way to overcome the constant challenges nature and the outside world throw at us.
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Grow your career, study Horticulture at CAFRE
Horticulture students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) heard from a range of excellent industry speakers at the annual Horticulture Careers event held at Greenmount Campus.
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CAFRE farm walks will highlight challenges and opportunities for local dairy farms
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are hosting a series of four on-farm events for dairy farmers on Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8, Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 June.
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Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in Northern Ireland lifted
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) in force across Northern Ireland (NI) and the ban on poultry gatherings will end on 1 June 2022.
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Loughry Food students awarded Bursary Awards
The recent Food Bursary Awards at Loughry Campus, saw seventeen higher education students from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) awarded with £17,000. The Food Degree students were presented with the industry bursaries which they secured this academic year.
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New Online Certificate of Higher Education in Equine Science and Management from CAFRE
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is delighted to launch the Certificate of Higher Education in Equine Science and Management, validated by Ulster University, taught exclusively online.
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Regenerative Agriculture – Alternative Crop Establishment Methods
Applications are invited for this Study Tour to Scotland.
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Control Noxious Weeds now
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) reminds farmers and landowners of the need to control noxious weeds.
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Apply now for CAFRE’s Level II Agricultural Business Operations Course
The CAFRE Agricultural Business Operations [ABO] Level II Certificate Course is open for 2022/23 applications from 1 May to 31 July.
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Poots announces independent review of country shows
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced the appointment of Mr Aled Rhys Jones to undertake an independent external resilience review of NI Agricultural Shows Sector in Northern Ireland.