News February 2012


  • Jobs for CAFRE Students
    A new Jobs for CAFRE Students section on the CAFRE website was launched on Wednesday 29 February
  • Spring calving at Greenmount
    Further Education students James Devlin (Bryansford) and Nathan Doyle (Warrenpoint) help deliver a bull calf on Greenmount Campus farm near Antrim.
  • Minister launches careers event at Greenmount
    Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Michelle O’Neill launches the CAFRE Greenmount Careers Event and Careers web page
  • Minister meets Equine students at CAFRE's Enniskillen Campus
    Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill has met students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Enniskillen Campus.
  • Success for Enniskillen Students at Intervarsities Competition
    CAFRE Enniskillen Campus students ventured to Galway on the weekend of 10th - 12th February, to compete in the 2012 National Intervarsity Championships. Twelve students were selected to represent Enniskillen Campus in three disciplines
  • CAFRE/NIHB Breeding Seminar
    There was a good turnout of horse breeding enthusiasts at the Breeding Seminar held at the Meadows Equestrian Centre Conference Centre on Tuesday 14th February 2012. This seminar was organised by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Horse Board (NIHB).
  • Hands on learning at Loughgall Country Park for Greenmount student
    Samantha Acheson from Tassagh in Co. Armagh describes her work placement as part of her Foundation degree (FdSc) in Rural & Countryside Management (RCM) at CAFRE, Greenmount campus
  • Major Renewable Energy Event at Enniskillen Campus
    On Wednesday, 22 February, CAFRE will once again be hosting a Renewable Energy event entitled “Practical On-farm Renewable Energy” at Enniskillen Campus, Enniskillen.
  • Valentine's Day
    CAFRE’s floristry students will spend their mid term break in their work placement shops.
  • Red Meat at Cafre
    RED MEAT is the most recently initiated of several student-led enterprise management projects at CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus
  • Turning back time in Armagh
    Final year CAFRE Foundation Degree students are undertaking their Design Project with the Armagh Registry Office at number 5 Vicar’s Hill.
  • Spring tidy up begins at Greenmount
    Level 3 Horticulture students at Greenmount were taking advantage of the good weather to start the spring tidy up
  • Spring arrives at Greenmount
    Horticulture student Hannah Brown from Burren Newry, was delighted to see the first signs of spring in the walled Garden at Greenmount.
  • Northern Ireland Equine Conference
    The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is organising a conference for the equine industry in the Armagh City Hotel on Tuesday 20th March 2012 commencing at 7.15 p.m.
  • Great news for food
    Food Technology degree students Kathyrn Rea and Kathryn Walsh from Loughry Campus share their experience of the recent Agri-food Enterprise Breakfast event organised by the Bank of Ireland.