News October 2008

  • Energy Efficiency Training Workshops
    CAFRE has organised a series of energy efficiency workshops for dairy farmers from 10 to 14 November. The workshops will help farmers make economies in the use of electricity and oil within the dairy unit.
  • CAFRE Chat Autumn 2008
    Cafre Chat the publication that keeps you up-to-date with student news and events from the three campuses of CAFRE
  • Students drill winter wheat
    Students taking the CROPS option are closely involved in a number of Student learning projects on the Campus farms throughout the year, to learn basic crop husbandry skills and introduce them to new technology that is being used by arable farmers in Northern Ireland and throughout the arable world
  • Greenmount – your ideal start to a successful career
    Interested in a career in Agriculture, Horticulture or Rural and Countryside Management? Filling in your UCAS forms? Yes – then have you considered studying in one of these subject areas at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Greenmount Campus?
  • CAFRE Training Programme Scoops UK National Training Award
    A business development programme designed to help farm families grow their diversification businesses has been recognised with a top UK training award. The Diversification Challenge Business Start Follow-on Programme is delivered in partnership by local consultancy Deirdre Fitzpatrick & Associates, Mallusk Enterprise Park Limited and the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)
  • New Intake at Greenmount Campus
    Another academic year has just begun at Greenmount with students arriving on campus from all parts of Northern Ireland and beyond. It is always refreshing to meet a new intake of young students with high expectations and looking forward to the challenge of learning in a very different environment from school.
  • All smiles at Loughry
    Starting College or University can be quite daunting for students as they set out armed only with limited experience of independence and a new jotter! However, there was no such fear for Loughry’s freshers, who are geared up for dynamic and lucrative careers in our local food industry