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Prepare your food business for PPDS Allergen Labelling Changes
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, hosted an online event to help local food businesses prepare for the new law on allergen labelling which comes into...
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Poots encourages responses to consultation on NI’s first ever Rural Policy Framework before 06 September 2021
With the consultation period set to close on Northern Ireland’s first ever Rural Policy Framework, Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA is encouraging those who have yet to respond to do so before 06 September...
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Poots publishes vision for future farming policy in NI
The future direction of farming support in Northern Ireland has taken a step forward as Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, publishes a Future Agricultural Policy Framework Portfolio for Northern Ireland.
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Animal health focus for Magherafelt BDG farmers
Summer 2021 has seen the welcome recommencement of on farm Business Development Group (BDG) meetings. One of which John Palmer, Moneymore beef farmer hosted for a suckler beef group, based in Magherafelt and Draperstown area.
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Body Condition Scoring breeding ewes pre-tupping
Body condition scoring ewes is a simple, effective and cheap management tool to evaluate the body reserves of ewes.
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Minister meets farmers and scientists to discuss research on nutrient management and water quality in Upper Bann
Minister for Environment Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA has visited Katesbridge, County Down to discuss research on water quality, farm and soil nutrient management in the Upper Bann Catchment Research Platform.
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Herbal leys performing well on County Down farm
Farming outside of Strangford on the east coast of County Down, is organic beef and sheep farmer Dale Orr, who in the past four years has adopted the inclusion of herbal leys into his farming...
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A Reminder of the Ban on Moves of BVD Untested (BVDU) Animals to Slaughter coming into effect
Following the announcement in July by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA, cattle that have not been tested for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) will be prohibited from moving to slaughterhouses with effect from 01 September.
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Poots highlights £5.7million DAERA investment in forest parks
Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots, today launched the latest in a series of short films designed to promote Northern Ireland’s forest parks during the Centenary Year.
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Minister takes to the waves to visit breeding wader islands
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots took to the waves recently in Lower Lough Erne to see some of the important work being undertaken by the RSPB to enhance breeding habitats on a...
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Treating home grown grain this harvest
Production problems this year have led to supply and availability issues of propionic acid to treat grain on farms.
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DAERA Minister pays visits to CAFRE’s Enniskillen campus
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited CAFRE’s Enniskillen Campus to see recent agri-environment enhancement work and farriery provision.
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Brucellosis compensation rates for September 2021
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in September 2021 will be either:
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Management notes for September 2021
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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Rearing the 2022 Dairy Heifer
On busy dairy farms with daily pressures of milking, feeding and cleaning, the rearing of calves may not always take high priority. However the heifer calves become the future milking herd and so they need...
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Have your say on how best to make our seas clean, healthy and safe urges Poots
Environment Minister Edwin Poots is encouraging people in Northern Ireland who use or have an interest in our seas to have their say on how we can ensure they are clean, healthy, safe and productive.
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DAERA seeks four new Members for CAFRE’s College Advisory Group
A recruitment campaign to appoint four 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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September stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in September 2021:
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Poots praises UK Nature Positive 2030 Report
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has commended the recent UK Nature Positive 2030 Report.
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Run up to housing - Spreading slurry in early October
Autumn has arrived and with attention turning to housing cattle, Andrew Thompson, CAFRE technologist, reminds farmers to empty any remaining slurry from tanks while conditions are favourable, to ensure as much storage as possible is...