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Local farmers receive Farm Family Key Skills health & safety pack
Under the 2014 – 2020 Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme, Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) scheme, CAFRE continues to offer health & safety workshops to Farm Families and their employees.
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Avian Influenza confirmed in a Wild Bird in County Antrim
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today confirmed that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), subtype H5N6 has been found in a wild bird, a buzzard, in County Antrim. This is the first...
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Anglers help tackle alien pests
Alien, invasive species or pests – call them what you like but plants and animals that are not a natural part of our ecosystems have the potential to cause harm to our environment, economy and...
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DAERA launches Environmental Farming Scheme (Higher)
The Environmental Farming Scheme Higher Level EFS(H) application window is now open for applications, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced today.
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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 as research for their business...
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Ingredients of a successful partnership
Foyle Food Group is one of the main abattoirs and meat butchery operations in the North West of the province and has been in operation for over three decades employing some 1,200 staff at its...
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DAERA announces changes to CAP Area Based Schemes for 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced changes to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) area based schemes for 2018.
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CAFRE Enniskillen Campus hosts inspiring careers day
Equine students recently welcomed more than sixty industry representatives from a wide range of equine businesses to their annual Careers and Bursary Presentations Event at Enniskillen Campus.
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Northern Ireland agricultural incomes in 2017
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today published the first (provisional) estimate for farm incomes in 2017. Revisions have been made to previous years.
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Business Planning Seminars roll on with afternoon times now included
Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) is an initiative being managed by CAFRE and is a key element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
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Management Notes for February 2018
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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The facts about pesticide storage
Suppliers storing pesticides for sale or supply must hold a BASIS Certificate of Competence
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Payment rates for ANC Scheme 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today announced the payment rates for the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme.
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CAFRE launch EAA Soils Scheme training with support from industry
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports, co-ordinated by AFBI, as part of the EU Exceptional Adjustment Aid (EAA) Soils Scheme, then this...
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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 2017 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
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Brucellosis Compensation Rates for February 2018
The compensation payable, for reactors and negative in contacts for which notice of intended slaughter is issued in February will be either:
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Latest dairy technologies demonstrated at CAFRE Open Days
Over 900 dairy farmers attended the Dairy Open Days at Greenmount Campus CAFRE.
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Farmers – protect water sources when spreading slurry
The slurry spreading closed period came to an end at midnight on 31 January 2018.
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DAERA clarifies changes to Young Farmers’ Payment for 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has clarified the position in respect of changes to the Young Farmers’ Payment (YFP) in 2018.
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January stocking of Departmental waters
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has stocked the following waters with takeable fish in January 2018: