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Bee Registered – Help DAERA Protect your Honey Bees
With a new beekeeping season just around the corner DAERA is encouraging the voluntary registration of beekeepers and their apiaries on a new web-based system.
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CAFRE host information day at Greenmount Campus
Greenmount Campus recently hosted teachers from schools across Northern Ireland. The one day support event was held for teachers of GCSE Agriculture and Land Use. The event was organised in partnership with the Council for...
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Beef processor welcomes BDG group
Opportunities to improve farm profitability through better beef supply chain linkages. This was the key topic for discussion at a recent Business Development group (BDG) meeting hosted by ABP food group at their beef processing...
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Agriculture students meet for farm finance update at Enniskillen Campus
Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeship and Work Based Diploma in Agriculture students recently were updated on important aspects of farm finance at a student conference in CAFRE, Enniskillen Campus.
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Level 2 Diploma in Horse Care Family Morning at Enniskillen Campus
Recently, the parents and guardians of the Level 2 Diploma in Horse Care students attended Enniskillen Campus to get an update on what the students have been learning and their progression on the course.
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Equine Students visit Laurelview Equestrian Centre
Students from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), who are currently studying the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horse Management, recently visited Laurelview Equestrian Centre, Co Antrim to consider the importance of...
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CAFRE Equine Graduate Internship success
Amy McGarvey graduated from CAFRE Enniskillen Campus with a BSc (Hons) in Equine Management in 2016. During her final year Amy was successful in gaining a graduate internship with Horse Sport Ireland for one year...
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Management Notes for April 2016
Management Notes are prepared by staff from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Questions and comments are welcome to allow CAFRE to address the issues that are important to you. Please contact...
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Management Notes for March 2016
Management Notes are prepared by staff from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Questions and comments are welcome to allow CAFRE to address the issues that are important to you. Please contact...
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DAERA welcomes significant improvement in Northern Ireland recycling rates
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today welcomed the latest Waste Management Statistics which showed a significant upturn in household recycling achieving a rate of 50% for the first time across Northern...
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Time for robotics in the food industry
Northern Ireland food and drinks companies are being encouraged to consider investing in robotics and automation, and to avail of the local help and assistance available to them.
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Saving fodder this autumn
Broken weather and poor conditions have continued through September and October with little opportunity to harvest fodder to date. Small quantities of fodder have been saved by farmers picking their fields and working with relatively...
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There is still hope of establishing cereal crops
As the wet weather continues, many growers who had hoped to establish winter crops are seeing the window of opportunity rapidly disappearing, particularly for winter barley.
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NIEA crime section targets illegal scrapyard
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency has carried out a joint operation with the PSNI targeting illegal waste, it announced today.
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DAERA delivers record number of advance CAP payments
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today announced that 94% of farmers in Northern Ireland have received an advance CAP payment in October 2017.
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Management Notes for November 2017
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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Brucellosis Compensation Rates for November 2017
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in November will be either:
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Another successful product from CAFRE food technologist
Food products with targeted nutritional claims are in high demand so when food entrepreneur Shane Ryan of EatFeed identified an opportunity for a meat free ready meal with a high protein claim, Shane realised that...
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Minimal forage diets
The prolonged unsettled weather has resulted in a potential shortage of fodder for some farms or poor quality silage with low dry matter and metabolisable energy (ME) contents. In some cases, due to limited supplies...
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Hillsborough Forest - improvement works at Hillsborough Lake Dams
Due to improvement works at Hillsborough Lake dams, the upper car park at Hillsborough Forest has been closed to the public from Monday 6 November 2017.