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Reduce fertiliser requirements by improving soil health and nutrient availability
A healthy soil will have the ability to store and supply nutrients and this function relies on a number of soil properties.
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Poots enjoys tasty treats on tourism tour
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has been tasting tourism treats as part of a pilot project funded by DAERA to help create new experiences and boost rural economies.
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Poots welcomes ground-breaking Climate Change legislation for NI
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA hails Northern Ireland’s first ever Climate Change Bill as an historic moment for Northern Ireland.
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Poots visits Armoy and Mosside on Causeway Coast
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has visited the rural towns of Armoy and Mosside to see how £2.3million funding from the Covid Recovery Small Settlements Regeneration Programme funds will be invested.
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Assembly approves new environmental provisions for Northern Ireland
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has introduced further environmental protections through a range of new legislative provisions.
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Poots invests in technology to bring closure to relatives of missing persons
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has visited Foyle Search and Rescue to see their new sonar system, which was funded through his Department’s Rural Community Rescue Scheme.
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Management notes for March 2022
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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Minister visits Social Farm in Claudy
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, MLA, has visited Gortilea Social Farm in Claudy to view hippotherapy, a form of equine assisted therapy and learning in action.
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No change to Basic Payment Scheme land eligibility rules for 2022
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that the land eligibility rules for area based schemes will be unchanged from recent years.
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Poots officially launches School Pollinator Garden Scheme
Minister for Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA has officially announced the opening of the School Pollinator Garden Scheme during a visit to Donemana primary school to open their new eco outdoor school classroom and pollinator garden.
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Northern Ireland greenhouse gas projection statistics released
Northern Ireland greenhouse gas projection statistics based on 2019 greenhouse gas inventory statistics have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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February stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in February 2022:
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Discover Horticulture at CAFRE
What opportunities are there in horticulture? What is horticulture?
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Dairy-4-Future Farmers discuss Carbon and Mastitis
“Dairy-4-Future pilot farmers recently met at the farm of Mark Blelock to discuss factors affecting the carbon footprint of their businesses and the opportunities presented through using on farm culturing techniques to identify mastitis causing organisms,” writes Robert Patterson, Dairy Technologist, College of Agriculture, Food...
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£1.1million investment delivers first-class new facilities at Gortin Glen Forest Park - Poots
Visitors to Gortin Glens Forest Park will benefit from a wide range of new facilities following the completion of extensive enhancements, Rural Development Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said.
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Accelerate your career through CAFRE
To mark International Women’s Day on Friday 4 March 2022 we caught up with Loughry Campus food graduate Siobhan Parks. Siobhan has certainly packed in a lot to her career development since her graduation from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in...
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Minister hopeful an additional 64 Voluntary and Community Organisations will benefit from the Rural Halls Scheme
Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots has visited one of the first rural halls set to benefit from his £2million fund to refurbish some 50 similar community facilities across Northern Ireland.
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Minister Poots buzzing around pollinator projects in Mid-Ulster
Edwin Poots Minister for Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs has visited a range of projects within the Mid-Ulster area which have benefitted from the Department’s first ever Rural Community Pollinator Scheme.
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Poots – we must protect our blue carbon habitats
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said that we must all work together to protect and restore one of our important natural assets, our blue carbon habitats.
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Brucellosis compensation rates for March 2022
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in March 2022 will be either: