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Working from home creates new opportunities for CAFRE Schools Recruitment Team
Working from home has created new and exciting opportunities to the way student recruitment is delivered at the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Deirdre Cooper, Senior Adviser for Schools Recruitment took time...
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Forest for Our Future – Forest Expansion Scheme reopens
Environment Minister Edwin Poots announces the next stage of the Forests for our Future programme by launching the 2020/21 grant scheme that aims to encourage and help landowners plant their own woodland.
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The application of low emission slurry
Low Emission Slurry Spreading Equipment or LESSE is an effective way to increase the amount of nutrient available, for crop growth, from slurry application, while reducing the loss of nutrient to air or water.
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Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA)
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA participated in the May meeting of The Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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DAERA to introduce inspections for isolation of retained BVD positive animals
Unannounced inspections to check that Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) positive animals are being isolated are due to commence in the coming weeks, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced.
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Poots announces £2.2m Covid-19 financial support for pig sector
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a financial support package worth up to £2.2million for pig farmers who were impacted by the temporary closure of Cranswick Country Foods in August 2020.
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Sustainable Farming in the Uplands using Traditional Breeds
Change is a feature on the horizon for farm businesses as direct support payments are set to transition from 2022.
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Spreading slurry in spring, are you ready?
With the closed season for spreading organic manures coming to an end at midnight on 31 January 2021, it is important to be aware of the rules relating to slurry spreading.
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Poots asks for action on soil and plants
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots has again asked for action on the issues facing the horticulture sector as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), agreed between the UK and...
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Poots doubles funding for Tier 1 of FBIS Capital to £15million
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has doubled the amount of money available under the latest tranche of Tier 1 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS) – Capital to £15million.
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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics released stics released
Provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for July to September 2020 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
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Poots seeks fair share of fishing quotas for NI fishermen
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA wants NI fishermen to get their fair share of additional fishing quota secured by the UK from the EU.
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Poots reiterates call for Common Travel Area and confirms extension of education phase for pet checks
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has reiterated his call for a Common Travel Area for pets as they travel within the UK – urging Westminster and the European Union to adopt a pragmatic and sensible approach...
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New CAFRE beef and sheep adviser for Coleraine
Faith Stewart, from Ballymoney in County Antrim has been appointed as a CAFRE Beef and Sheep adviser for farmers across the North Antrim and Londonderry regions.
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Are you ready for spring calving?
The onset of spring calving is fast approaching on many suckler farms in Northern Ireland. Nigel Gould, beef and sheep adviser, Enniskillen with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) outlines what can...
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Have you accepted your Environmental Farming Scheme agreement?
Kingsley Jordan of Annaghanoon Farm was recently informed that his application to the Environmental Farming Scheme (Wider) had been successful and he wasted no time logging on to DAERA Online Services to select the ‘accept’...
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Roles filled within the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP)
Two important roles have been recently filled in the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).
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Changes to Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements for 2021
Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots MLA has confirmed that a number of changes have now been made to Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements in 2021. These changes will simplify the application process for farmers and will...
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Polytunnels provide a cost effective winter housing option
Faced with the dilemma of not having enough winter housing? That’s just one issue which has been addressed by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) at Business Development Group training events.
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Pre-lambing nutrition for lowland ewes
With many March lambing ewes now housed, farmers are looking the most effective way to feed their ewes this winter. Pre lambing feeding will have a major influence on lamb birth weight, lamb vigour, lamb...