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Minister officially opens of new CAFRE training facilities
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, has formally opened a new training facility at the CAFRE Hill Farm Centre.
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Poots meets stakeholders to discuss on-going conflict in Ukraine
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has met the Ulster Farmers’ Union and representatives from the Grain and Fertiliser industry to discuss the impacts the situation in Ukraine is having on Food Supply Chains in Northern Ireland.
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Developments in Ukraine prompts meeting to discuss food supply
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has written to Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the ongoing Ukraine crisis on Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry.
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Poots chairs meeting of Green Growth Inter-Ministerial Group
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has chaired a meeting of the Green Growth Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG).
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What is myostatin and what does it mean for your suckler herd?
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Beef Technologist, Natasha Ferguson provides an introduction to a new knowledge and technology investigation project on myostatin within the suckler herds at the CAFRE farms.
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Production of early season strawberries event
The main strawberry fruit production period in Northern Ireland is from May to August. In response to an increasing interest from local growers in producing fresh strawberry fruit outside the main strawberry season, College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will host a soft...
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Advice for farmers preparing to complete their 2022 Single Applications
Despite the ongoing difficulties we all face with the pandemic, the Single Application was a great success in 2021 with 99.5% of eligible applicants for Direct Payments receiving a total of £308 million before the end of the year.
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Get ahead of scab this year
Apple scab is a common disease that attacks leaves and fruits of pomme fruits.
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Focus on forage to combat rising costs
The terrible events unfolding in Ukraine are first and foremost a humanitarian tragedy. However they have also disrupted supplies of key commodities and led to increased volatility in global markets. For the key agricultural inputs of feed, fertiliser and fuel, we are now experiencing unprecedented...
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Membership of the World Packaging Organisation commended by Head of the NI Civil Service during recent visit to the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is well known as a provider of technical skills training, advisory support and education programmes to businesses and individuals in the land-based sectors in Northern Ireland. As our local agri-food sector continues to expand and extend...
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CAFRE Enniskillen welcomes back past Principals
CAFRE Enniskillen Campus recently welcomed back three of their past Principals to plant an elm tree in recognition of their service to the Campus.
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Four more weeks to get your FBIS Capital Tier 2 applications in - Poots
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that he has decided to give more time to farmers and growers to submit applications to the Tier 2 tranche 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital (FBIS-C).
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Action required: Does your business deal in pesticides?
If your work involves plant protection products (pesticides), you must comply with the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/360/contents/made.
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Poots announces £2million support package for local pig farmers
A new support scheme worth £2million for local pig farmers has been announced by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA.
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Minister celebrates success of his Rural Development Programme across Newry, Mourne and Down
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA, has attended an event at Killeavy Castle in Newry to celebrate Mourne, Gullion and Lecale Rural Development Partnership’s success in delivering his Department’s Rural Development ‘LEADER’ Programme.
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Minister Poots meets UK counterparts to discuss the impacts of the ongoing Ukraine crisis on NI Food Supply
Minister Poots meets UK counterparts to discuss the impacts of the ongoing Ukraine crisis on NI Food Supply
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Food waste innovation is circular economy in action - Poots
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has attended the launch of Northern Ireland's first circular solution waste-to-energy transport fleet.
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Poots promotes the quality of Northern Ireland food and drink
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has taken part in a tour of local food producers, to see first-hand how they partner with local suppliers to sell their produce in newly established farm shops across Northern Ireland.
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The challenge of getting and keeping workers on dairy farms
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in partnership with the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) and Dairy Council Northern Ireland hosted a webinar at the end of last year on attracting, training and retaining staff to address the challenge dairy farmers are having...
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Navigating a period of rising input costs
Farm businesses have seen input costs rise sharply over the last year, with recent events in Ukraine pushing gas, fuel and grain prices to record highs.