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Poots – Educating our children is vital in the fight against plastic pollution and waste prevention
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has attended a special performance of the latest 'Eco-Project' play at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, which aims to increase environmental awareness and promote positive behaviour change with regards to littering...
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Poots raises Ukraine and P&O with UK Ministerial counterparts
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has raised the challenges facing the agri-food sector with his counterparts in England, Scotland and Wales during a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA).
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Poots celebrates food and centenary bursaries at CAFRE
Bursaries worth £21,000 have been presented to CAFRE students including four new bursaries to mark Northern Ireland’s Centenary year.
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301 schools benefit from £2.2m School Pollinator Garden Scheme
Environment Minister Edwin Poots and Education Minister Michelle McIlveen have praised the success of the School Pollinator Garden Scheme during a visit to Queen Elizabeth II Primary School in Pomeroy.
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Minister marks Clean Air Day with visit to Belfast Primary School
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Knockbreda Primary School in Belfast, who are participating in his Department’s Clean Air Day Primary Schools Campaign to mark Clean Air Day 2022.
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Farm performance in 2020/21
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published the booklet 'Northern Ireland Farm Performance Indicators 2020/21’.
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Attention to detail is key to successful heifer rearing on Tyrone dairy farm
Rex Wilson and sons Jack and James manage a mixed dairy, pigs and poultry farm on the outskirts of Coagh, Co Tyrone. The farm has been recently selected as a College of Agriculture Food and...
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Agriculture Minister visits Royal Highland Show
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh to meet with his Scottish counterpart and to support the Northern Ireland food companies exhibiting at the event.
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Graduation Celebrations at CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) celebrated the achievements of equine and work-based agriculture students at a ceremony at Enniskillen Campus on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022.
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Work begins on new DAERA Waste Management Strategy
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has published the Closure report for the current Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy.
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Poots pledges to push government on tackling food cost and supply issues
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has pledged to continue to press senior cabinet ministers for action on rising food prices, energy costs and labour shortages.
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CAFRE set to welcome visitors during Open Farm Weekend
Planning a day out? During Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise invites the public to visit Greenmount Campus and Enniskillen Campus.
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Managing rising costs on beef and sheep farms – The option of brassicas and forage crops
Historically for many, growing brassicas and forage crops may not have been high on the agenda as a livestock feed. Suitable land type, local weather conditions and current crop rotation on the farm should all...
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CAFRE dairy farm walks are underway
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is hosting a series of four farm walks for dairy farmers this month addressing challenges and opportunities currently facing the local dairy industry.
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Poots views the Bothy Yard in Castlewellan Arboretum
Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA visited Castlewellan Forest Park to visit the newly refurbished and enhanced Bothy Yard in the arboretum.
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CAFRE Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeship in the Equine Industry
Love working with horses? Apprentices, this is your chance to learn and earn!
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Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) Communiqué: 16 May 2022
The Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) met on Monday 16 May by video conference.
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Minister Poots visits Tollymore Forest Park
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited Tollymore Forest Park to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by planting a small grove of trees within the park, as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) initiative.
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May stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in May 2022:
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Minister reopens Forestry Grant Schemes for 2022
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots, MLA has announced the next stage of the ‘Forests for Our Future’ programme by opening the Forest Expansion Scheme & Small Woodland Grant Schemes to encourage and...