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Have your say on the future of forests in Down
Forest Service, an Executive Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), has launched a public engagement regarding forests in Down.
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Have your say on the future of forests in Down
Forest Service, an Executive Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), has launched a public engagement regarding forests in Down.
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Drinking Water Quality remains high across Northern Ireland
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), which is responsible for regulating drinking water quality, has today published its Annual Report for 2021. It states that drinking water quality in Northern Ireland is of a high standard.
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Re-opening of Tier 1 of FBIS Capital focus on higher input costs
A £10million fund to improve farm businesses opens for applications on 27 September 2022, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced.
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DAERA seeks six new Members for CAFRE’s College Advisory Group
A recruitment campaign to appoint six new members to the CAFRE College Advisory Group (CAG) has been launched by The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Poots attends first National Ploughing Championships
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has for the first time, attended the National Ploughing Championships (NPC) in Ratheniska, Co Laois.
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Still time to get your EFS Wider Tranche 6 application in - Poots
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has reminded people the closing date for applications for the sixth tranche of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider level is midnight on Friday 23 September 2022.
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DAERA Opening Arrangements for Designated Bank holiday
Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the announcement of a Bank Holiday on the occasion of the State Funeral on Monday 19 September, the Department advises the following:
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Agri-food Rising Costs Industry Taskforce
The Rising Costs Industry Taskforce strives to ensure consistent advisory messaging across a wide range of Agri-Food Stakeholders. Since the group was established in April 2022, members have endeavoured to ensure that appropriate help and advice is made available to the Northern Ireland industry.
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Experienced Agri-Environment farmer to host virtual tour with a focus on the Environmental Farming Scheme
County Down arable farmer David Sandford of Portloughan Farm, Strangford is a Habitat Technology Demonstration Farmer (TDF) and will host an online farm tour on Monday 19 September at 7.30pm
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Poots announces extension of the Northern Ireland pilot Protein Crops Scheme
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA has announced that the Northern Ireland pilot Protein Crops Scheme will be extended to the end of 2023.
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Agriculture Minister pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has paid tribute to Her Majesty The Queen following the sad news of her death earlier this afternoon.
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Suckler farmer adopts technology and breeds his own replacements with the use of female sexed semen
The use of ‘sexed semen’, semen sorted according to gender, has become more readily available and is being adopted with success within the Northern Ireland suckler herd. The benefits of accelerated genetic improvement within the breeding herd and the commercial availability of female sexed semen...
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Financing the Farm Business
Input costs have risen sharply over the past year pushing gas, fuel and grain prices to record highs.
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Achieving accelerated growth in pre-weaned calves
Farm Innovation Visits (FIVs), delivered by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) provide farmers with the opportunity to visit farm businesses in other parts of the UK or Europe to learn about new innovations in farming. A number of local farmers took...
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Cormac has mastered postgraduate study at CAFRE
Cormac McKervey, Head of Agriculture at Ulster Bank first left Queen’s University Belfast in 1990 thinking, “that’s it, I’m done with education.”
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Management notes for September 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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August stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in August 2022:
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Bounce Back Scheme Letters of Offer to issue – Poots
Representatives of local agricultural shows are to receive Letters of Offer (LoO) totalling £103,707 under the Bounce Back Support Scheme, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced.
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Poots launches Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme 2022
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that his Department’s 2022 Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme (RMCGS) is now open for applications.