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Managing your farm through dry weather conditions – Considerations for dairy farmers
Dry and hot weather conditions currently experienced across the province are having a real impact on grass growth and supply on farms. Some Grass Check sites in the south east have recorded zero rainfall so...
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Managing your farm through dry weather conditions – Considerations for beef and sheep farmers
Due to the recent dry spell and soaring temperatures in some areas grass quality and quantity has been affected. Farmers are now having to think about how best to manage their grass supply.
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Rural Policy webinars get underway
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has called for the public to respond to his public consultation on Northern Ireland’s first ever Rural Policy Framework.
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Poots calls for responses to Peatlands Strategy at Peatlands Park visit
In the week leading up to International Bog Day on 25 July Environment Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, visited Peatland Park to see the work carried out by the CANN partnership to restore lowland bog at...
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Poots urges the public to be smarter with your water
Environment Minister Edwin Poots is urging people to be smarter with the water they use while at home during this current dry spell, and to only use water for the areas it is needed; hygiene...
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Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) 28 June 2021
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA attended the June meeting of the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA).
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Poots welcomes success of DAERA support schemes for rural businesses
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited two rural businesses which have received just under £50,000 in support from DAERA’s Rural Micro Business Growth Scheme and the Rural Business Investment Scheme.
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Future of global food packaging webinar
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Invest Northern Ireland in association with the Northern Ireland Food & Drink Association (NIFDA) are running a series of sustainable packing webinars entitled The Future of...
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Minister announces £200,000 Water Quality Improvement initiative
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a £200,000 Water Quality Improvement strand (WQIS) of the Environmental Challenge Fund Competition for 2021/2022, to support water quality projects across Northern Ireland.
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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 2021:
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Poots launches Peatland consultation
Environment Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, has launched a public consultation on the draft Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040, during a visit to Cuilcagh Mountain Special Area of Conservation in County Fermanagh.
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Poots to submit application for NI’s first ever Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project
Northern Ireland could have its first ever forestry project dedicated to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) initiative at the Glenarm estate, Environment Minister Edwin Poots has said.
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Make sure your farm is counted as the annual Farm Census is now open
The Annual Agricultural and Horticultural Census is now open and will be online again this year.
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Guilty pleas heard in Mobuoy waste case
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs updates on the Mobuoy waste case.
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Dairy Farm Innovation Visit to Somerset and Devon was a huge success
A group of dairy farmers from Northern Ireland accompanied by CAFRE Dairy Development Advisers David Mackey and Conail Keown took part in a very successful recent Farm Innovation study tour to look at innovations in...
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Minister announces changes to the Cross-Compliance penalty regime
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that new legislation will come into effect from 24 October 2022, which makes the financial penalty applied in the event of repeated negligent breaches fairer and more proportionate than...
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September stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in September 2022:
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CAFRE Farm Innovation Visit (FIV) – Sheep farmers visit Isle of Islay to learn about use of blood testing and fluke egg detection to target fluke treatments and reduce resistance on Scottish sheep farms
A group of sheep farmers from across Northern Ireland accompanied by CAFRE Beef and Sheep Advisers Hannah Doherty and John Moore, made the scenic trip to the Isle of Islay, Scotland this month for a...
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Management notes for October 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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Suspect case of notifiable avian flu identified in County Down
DAERA has introduced disease control measures following initial confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in samples collected from captive birds at Castle Espie, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), Strangford Lough.