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Go online to complete your animal inventory
The Annual Animal Inventories will be completed entirely online this year due to Covid-19, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced.
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Minister discusses new AgriSearch strategy during tour of potential “Beacon” farm in Ahoghill.
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has met with AgriSearch to discuss its new strategy, in particular plans to develop a new ‘Beacon’ network of farms, and the potential for future collaboration with DAERA.
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DAERA invites businesses to take part in online EU Exit awareness events
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is encouraging agri-food businesses and traders to take part in the Department’s forthcoming online EU Exit events aimed at providing information and guidance to help businesses prepare for the end of the transition period.
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DAERA Invites applications for Dairy Technology Demonstration Farms
Applications for a network of Technology Demonstration Farms [TDFs] are being invited by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Brucellosis compensation rates for December 2020
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in December 2020 will be either:
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Online Food Microbiology course offered at CAFRE
College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Loughry Campus will be releasing an online course, ‘Food Microbiology for non-Microbiologists’ from January 2021. The course will be delivered completely online, in six manageable sections with participants able to access the interactive lectures at a time...
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NI Farmers to receive an additional £3.6M
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that Northern Ireland farmers are to receive a total of £3.6million in reimbursement payments from the European Commission.
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Minister offers pig sector COVID-19 financial support
Agriculture Minister Minister Edwin Poots MLA met with representatives of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Pork and Bacon Committee and Propork Ltd, a pig marketing group to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the local pig production sector.
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Avian Influenza Prevention Zone introduced in Northern Ireland
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) will be introduced in Northern Ireland (NI) from 1 December, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has confirmed.
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High air pollution forecast
High (pollution index 8) levels of air pollution are being forecast for particulate matter across Northern Ireland and are expected to persist throughout the evening and into tomorrow.
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Bursary Programme launched for CAFRE Food students at Loughry Campus
The 2020-21 Higher Education Food Bursary Programme was recently launched at CAFRE, Loughry Campus. A total of seventeen thousand pounds is available to students as bursaries kindly provided by 17 companies within Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food industry. Industry involvement in the programme clearly demonstrates their continued...
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Preventing calf infection with Johne’s disease
Ingestion of Johne’s bacteria via colostrum or milk from an infected dam is a primary source of infection for calves, writes Stephen Gilkinson, Dairying Technologist at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Ingestion of faeces from infected bedding material in calving pens...
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Maximising performance efficiency of the suckler cow
Recent months have been relatively good for beef producers. Prices have improved across all beef sectors. Better prices are always welcome but uncertainty remains in the market.
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“Imagination with Bottle”
The College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Loughry Campus provides commercial in confidence technical support and bespoke training to companies of all sizes and to across all sectors of the food industry.
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CAFRE online dressage competition in aid of air ambulance Northern Ireland
The equine students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are running a virtual dressage show in aid of Air Ambulance NI. In these times, it is proving more difficult to attend physical shows therefore the City and Guilds Advanced Technical Extended...
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Livestock Markets remain open for essential business only
The Livestock Market Stakeholder engagement group have welcomed the news from the NI Executive that Livestock Markets will be permitted to remain open to ensure essential livestock trading can continue.
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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management annual statistics released
The 2019/20 Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management annual statistics report has been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Poots opens £850,000 Adventure Play Trail in Gosford Forest Park
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has attended the official opening of the Adventure Play Trail in Gosford Forest Park at Markethill.
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Poots welcomes major step in the UK becoming an independent coastal state
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has welcomed the introduction of legislation that puts in place the process by which NI fishermen should benefit from future fishing opportunities.
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Poots pumps over £1.1m into environmental projects
Environment Minister Edwin Poots today announced over £1.1 million of funding for 35 environmental projects across Northern Ireland thanks to his department’s Environment Fund.