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Minister visits Salmon Station as part of centenary celebrations
Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA, has visited the River Bush Salmon Station in Bushmills, as part of the Northern Ireland Centenary celebrations.
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Even calves need the right jab
Goodness knows with all the discussion around COVID, we now know more about vaccination than at any point in our recent history. Vaccination programmes and animal health was a main part of the discussion at...
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Management notes for October 21
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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Poots launches £1.9million Fisheries Grants support scheme
Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots MLA has today launched a grants support scheme for local fishing businesses worth £1.9million.
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Communities of Ards and North Down will benefit from £900K investment - Poots
The communities of Ards and North Down will have access to vastly improved services following a £900,000 investment from DAERA’s Rural Development Programme, Minister Edwin Poots has announced.
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£208,000 for Protein Crops Scheme payments
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that payments totalling £208,655.70 will issue to all eligible applicants under the Protein Crops Scheme on the 18 October – the first day of...
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Did you study food or work at Loughry?
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) invites past and current Loughry Food students to join an online Alumni event on Monday 27 September at 8pm. Former staff are also warmly invited.
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Incentives for equine industry employers
Are you an employer in the equine industry? Did you know that you are eligible to participate in the New Apprenticeship Incentive Scheme? Your business could benefit from the financial and practical advantages of having...
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Join us at CAFRE’s Equine Virtual Open Day Event
You are invited to join us on Facebook Live for the CAFRE’s Equine Virtual Open Day Event on Monday 4 October at 7pm.
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Poots previews 2021 Balmoral Show
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has previewed this year’s Balmoral Show ahead of the doors opening to the public tomorrow for four days filled with food, livestock, entertainment, competitions and fun.
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Extra £15.5m funding for agri-food sector - Poots tells Balmoral Show
Northern Ireland’s farm businesses are set to benefit from an additional £15m, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced today.
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Catch crop for Samuel!
The benefits of crop rotation have been well known and used for generations. Our forefathers where doing this continually and it would be quite common for a livestock farm to plough the farm yard manure...
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John takes the guess work out of grazing
The resumption of face to face delivery for Business Development Groups (BDG’s) has been welcomed by members as it has afforded them the opportunity to visit the CAFRE Technology Demonstration Farms (TDF’s) to review the...
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Poots - Green Growth is the way forward
Minster for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA says that developing and defending our natural assets is key to creating a resilient economy and a healthy environment and should be at the heart...
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Poots reminds farmers to report all cattle abortions and stillbirths for brucellosis testing
Farmers must continue to be vigilant against brucellosis, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said.
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Leading climate change experts brief the NI Executive
Two of the UK’s leading climate change experts have briefed the Northern Ireland Executive on the independent science and evidence behind their recommendations for NI’s contribution to the UK’s net zero targets.
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Minister addresses Protocol with Eustice and Frost
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has met with Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice and Minister of State, Lord Frost at the Balmoral Show to stress the importance of the agri-food...
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Minister Poots launches new Northern Ireland Food Strategy Framework
Making Northern Ireland a world-class food region, that provides safe, healthy and environmentally friendly food for the future is the central ambition of the latest DAERA-led consultation.
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High interest in Tier 2 FBIS Capital Scheme
Almost 900 Expressions of Interest have been received by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for the second tranche of Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital (FBIS-C).
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Invitation to CAFRE’s Virtual Open Week
You are invited to join the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise’s (CAFRE) Virtual Open Week from Monday 4 to Thursday 7 October 2021.