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CAFRE celebrates World Cider Day
CAFRE Loughry Food Technologists Audrey Kelly and Milan Havlicek recently attended an online cider conference ‘Craftcon 2021’ in preparation for the new apple cider season.
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Poots welcomes UK High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP26 to Northern Ireland
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has recently met with the UK High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, Nigel Topping, during a three-day visit to Northern Ireland.
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Poots congratulates Cranswick Foods on NI agri-food first in climate change battle
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Cranswick Country Foods to congratulate them on becoming the first NI agri-food company to achieve PAS 2060 Carbon Neutrality accreditation.
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Minister visits Rathlin to hear of the Island’s carbon neutral plans
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA has visited Rathlin Island to see its wide variety of seabirds and hear of the Island’s ambitious plans to become carbon neutral.
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DAERA Direct offices reopen to customers
DAERA Direct offices will open to customers again from Monday 07 June 2021, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced.
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CAFRE release food industry training dates
At Loughry Campus, Cookstown, the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) offer a wide range of accredited and non-accredited training courses.
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Poots announces new consultation on carrier bag levy
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has today launched a consultation on the NI Carrier Bag Levy.
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New £2.3million Gateway to tourism centre will boost rural economy - Poots
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has helped to officially open a new £2.3million visitor centre at the edge of Lough Neagh that will be a ‘Gateway’ to new tourism facilities.
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Minister Poots confirms delay to pet travel checks
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA, today announced a delay to the introduction of pet travel checks at NI points of entry until at least 1 October 2021.
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Extension to the Chair of the Agricultural Wages Board
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA, today announced that he has extended the appointment of the Chair of the Agricultural Wages Board, Mr Rodger McKnight, for a period of 12 months.
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CAFRE student benefits from Loughry graduate placement mentor
Megan Cole, is a student at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Loughry Campus. She is completing her work placement with Dale Farm, at their Dunman site as part of her BSc (Hons) Degree in Food Business Management course.
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Brucellosis compensation rates for June 2021
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in June 2021 will be either:
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CAFRE graduate’s career fizzes
Courses offered by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) aim to produce graduates who can meet the challenges of work within the wide ranging agri-food supply chain.
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Max out the potential of your lambs this season
With ewes and lambs now settled at grass there are a number of key issues to be aware of to ensure that lambs meet their target growth rates in order to have them finished and off farm in a timely manner
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County Down village to be ‘renewed’ thanks to DAERA investment
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Waringstown to view the site of a proposed Environmental Improvement Scheme, which is due to commence soon.
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Two new CAFRE Beef Technology Demonstration Farms appointed
Technology Demonstration Farms (TDFs) provide a network of local farms which allow other farmers the opportunity to see new technology and innovations which they could adopt on their own farms.
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Poots announces details of £2million Covid-19 support scheme for potato growers
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has provided further information on the £2million financial support package for potato growers following a meeting with representatives of the UFU Potato Committee.
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Poots welcomes £12.4million Covid funding
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that he has secured £12.4million to fund a range of Covid stakeholder support schemes throughout 2021/22, increasing the support level from his Department during the pandemic to over £60million.
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Spring bean crop at CAFRE Greenmount
While many farmers will be trying a bean crop for the first time this year Iain Johnston, CAFRE Crops Adviser, points out that they have been grown at CAFRE for many years. Indeed they have formed part of the crop rotation on the CAFRE farm...
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Concerns regarding Free Trade Agreement with Australia
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to the Secretary of State George Eustice to express his strong opposition to the prospect of a zero tariff, zero quota Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia.