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2018 Single Application - Young Farmers’ Payment and/or Regional Reserve - be sure you meet the eligibility and evidence requirements
Applicants to either the Young Farmers’ Payment (YFP) or Regional Reserve (RR) schemes must comply with eligibility and evidence requirements and submit their application and evidence before the closing date of 15 May 2018.
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2018 Single Application - ensure your farm business is a separate one
With the application window for the 2018 Single Application currently open, current farm businesses, and farmers wishing to set up a new farm business, should be aware of their obligations in relation to business separateness.
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Four weeks to Single Application deadline
With only four weeks to the 2018 Single Application closing date of midnight 15 May 2018, DAERA is urging farmers to complete their online Single Application without delay.
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50 years and counting for CAFRE Enniskillen
This year sees the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Enniskillen campus mark 50 years as an important part of the local farming and rural community.
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Fodder advice for sheep farmers
With poor weather conditions persisting, grass growth for March and the beginning of April has been below the long term trend, resulting in difficulties for sheep farmers. During early lactation (4-6 weeks post lambing) lamb growth is heavily reliant on milk supplied by the ewe...
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CAFRE business postgraduates - Vienna study tour success
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) through its Masters in Communication and more recently its Business for Agri-Food and Rural Enterprise (BAFRE) programmes have had a fifteen year ERASMUS link with the Agriculture Further and Higher Education College of Vienna (Hochschule Wien).
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Ban on live animal exports for slaughter explored by UK government
DAERA Chief Veterinary Officer Robert Huey has urged Northern Ireland stakeholders to respond to a UK wide call for evidence on live exports of farm animals.
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CAFRE purchases a new sprayer to deliver safe use of pesticides training
CAFRE continues to offer a range of spraying courses and is always committed to seeking new ways of improving the delivery of these courses.
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10 days left to submit EFS applications
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is encouraging farmers to apply to tranche two of the Environmental Farming Scheme Higher Level (EFS (H)) before the closing date of midnight 20 April 2018.
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Healthy feet - healthy cows
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Butter is back on the menu!
Loughry’s National Diploma food students have been fine-tuning their dairy technology skills by learning how to manufacture butter.
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Management Notes for April 2018
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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Fodder advice for farmers
It is now the first week of April and there is increased fodder pressure with prices beginning to increase having slipped back in February. Fodder is available as evidenced by the number of advertisements in national and local papers with importation from England through merchants.
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Help manage valuable sites through the Environmental Farming Scheme
The second tranche of the Environmental Farming Scheme Higher Level EFS(H) opened for applications on 26 March 2018, providing farmers with an opportunity to bring environmentally designated sites into favourable management.
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Brucellosis Compensation Rates for April 2018
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in April will be either:
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Have your say on the future of forests in Antrim
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Forest Service has today launched a public consultation on its plans for Antrim forestry.
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New procedures for review of CAP decisions to come into force
New procedures for farmers applying for a review of decisions under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will come into force from 01 April 2018, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced.
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Statistical Reports on Northern Ireland Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has released two statistical reports.
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Farm Family first aid training open for applications
Information from the Farm Safety Partnership has highlighted that as many as 100 accidents per month happen on Northern Ireland farms which require some form of medical attention.
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March stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in March 2018: