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County Tyrone CAFRE Dairy Technology Demonstration Farmer Philip Kyle welcomes a group of North West dairy farmers on to his farm at Aughnacloy
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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Public Angling Estate | Blue-Green Algae
Blue-green algae also known as cyanobacteria, has been detected in multiple locations across Northern Ireland including some lakes and rivers in the Public Angling Estate (PAE).
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CAFRE Soil Nutrient Health Scheme training awareness events: helping farmers to make best use of their SNHS soil analysis results
Farmers in Zone 1 (Down, South Antrim and Eastern Armagh) of the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) have received the soil analysis results, providing pH, nutrient indices and fertiliser recommendations for their farms.
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Deadline extended for DAERA’s Call for Evidence
The deadline for responses to the current Call for Evidence on DAERA’s Operational Protocol to assess the impacts of air pollution on the natural environment has been extended by two weeks.
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NIFAIS Update
Tens of thousands of animal movements, thousands of animal births and thousands of animals being moved to meat plants have all been registered in the first four days of the bovine functionality going live on...
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Projects benefit from £260k water quality funding
Twelve community projects across Northern Ireland have benefitted from £260k to help improve water quality.
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North Coast bathing waters situation improves but caution still advised
The red flag advice against bathing at Portstewart, Castlerock, Downhill and Benone beaches on the North Coast has now been removed, however the public is still advised to be vigilant for pockets of blue green...
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Don’t miss the closing application date for the CAFRE Level 2 Agricultural Business Operations course 2023/24
The CAFRE Level 2 Agricultural Business Operations [ABO] Certificate course will be closing for 2023/24 applications on 31 July.
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New way to report dead wild birds launched
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a new digital way for the reporting of dead wild birds in a bid to further enhance the Northern Ireland Avian Influenza (AI) surveillance...
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Short pause of TB testing as next stage of NIFAIS goes live
The latest stage of DAERA’s new Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System (NIFAIS) is now set to launch on Monday 4 September 2023.
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BVD requirements for cattle exports to EU Member States to change
DAERA has advised that cattle being moved to Ireland will have to meet new trade requirements relating to Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) when Ireland achieves BVD Free Status, expected in 2024.
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Call for Evidence on impacts of air pollution on the natural environment
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched an eight-week Call for Evidence on its Future Operational Protocol to assess the impacts of air pollutants, such as ammonia, on the natural environment.
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Introduction to Gamekeeping course at CAFRE
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) together with the Irish Grouse Conservation Trust (IGCT) and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) are recruiting for the next Introduction to Gamekeeping course...
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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics released
Provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for January to March 2023 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Report on the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Sector 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the annual National Statistics the ‘Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Report 2021’.
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Plan now to empty slurry tanks, weather permitting
Kieran McCartan, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Agri-environment adviser in the West, highlights that: “As we are all aware, there has been a hot dry start to the summer followed by a...
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DAERA confirms further positive test results for Avian Influenza
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has continued to confirm positive results for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds.
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CAFRE Floristry representatives progress to UK National Finals
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has a long tradition of delivering Horticulture and Floristry courses at Greenmount Campus, Antrim with notable success at UK competitions.
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CAFRE students study stateside for a semester
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise enjoys collaboration with Michigan State University (MSU), through a long-standing Student Exchange Programme.
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CAFRE students receive £91,000 of industry awards
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is delighted to announce the final total of Industry Bursary and Scholarship awards presented to Higher Education students for the 2022-2023 academic year stands at an...