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Brucellosis Compensation Rates for January 2019
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in January will be either:
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‘Making Tax Digital’ Business planning seminar coming to a venue close to you in 2019
A number of Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) seminars focusing on areas impacting on farm businesses have been organised by CAFRE in partnership with Rural Support.
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Training for dairy farm families in the responsible use of antibiotics on the farm
Anti-microbial Resistance (AMR) is becoming a commonly heard phrase both at home and on the farm. A new training course will be delivered under the Farm Family Key Skills Programme to explain more about AMR...
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Study tour for NI farmers involved in beef finishing or suckled calf production
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering farmers involved in beef finishing and suckled calf production the opportunity to travel to England to learn about innovative systems for finishing cattle. This...
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Management Notes for January 2019
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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Safe use of sheep dip - courses available at CAFRE
Thinking about dipping your sheep this autumn? If so you will need a Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Sheep Dips.
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Regional Food Programme opens for applications
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today announced the opening of the 2019/20 Northern Ireland Regional Food Programme (NIRFP), a DAERA-funded programme to help raise the profile of quality regional food.
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Rodenticide training - courses available at CAFRE
If you wish to control rodents in a commercial environment this winter, you must attend a suitable training course and receive an industry recognised certificate. This has been a requirement since 1 June 2016.
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DAERA issues EFS agreements
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has started to issue Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) agreements for schemes commencing in 2019.
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CAFRE launch the Colebrooke & Strule Soil Testing and Training Initiative workshops with support from industry
If you are one of the 600 farmers who received free soil sampling and analysis reports, as part of DAERA’s Colebrooke & Strule Soil Testing & Training Initiative, then these workshops are for you.
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Boost for Northern Ireland’s meat industry as beef and lamb exports to Japan approved
Chief Veterinary Officer, Robert Huey, today welcomed the announcement that the UK has received approval to re-commence the export of beef and lamb to Japan.
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CAFRE releases ‘The Ammonia Challenge’ video
CAFRE has prepared a short video entitled ‘The Ammonia Challenge’ which shows how ammonia has become a threat to sensitive habitats, that farming is the predominant source of ammonia and finally it looks at some...
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Equine nutrition - a guided tour
At the beginning of October we had the opportunity to visit the Bluegrass Horse Feeds mill in Eglish, Co. Tyrone.
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CAFRE Business Development Group discusses the benefits of using DAERA Online Services
Dr Ronan Coll (CAFRE IT Technologist) led an enthusiastic discussion with Senan White (CAFRE Development Adviser) and the Banbridge Sheep Business Development Group.
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‘Go online’ for caravan sites at Forest Parks
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has today launched a new online booking system for caravan sites managed by the Forest Service.
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Pig producers rise to the challenge
Nobody likes change but if we don’t change, we don’t grow!
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Terminal or maternal?
David Fulton farms in partnership with his father on the edge of Knockloughrim just outside Magherafelt where they manage a 200 sow birth to bacon unit, a beef finishing enterprise and a flock of approximately...
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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics released
Provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for July to September 2018 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Poultry Business Development Groups look to future
Business Development Groups (BDG) have been operating successfully in several sectors for the past three years.
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Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) encourages use of the online submission for manure export records for non-derogated farms
Time is nearly up for the online submission of manure export records for non-derogated farms. The deadline of midnight on 31 January for the submission of manure export records is fast approaching.