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Month: June 2021

Off road riding at CAFRE Enniskillen Campus - Proper clothing can help save riders and horses from injury.
Riding Horses on the Public High Way

June 30, 2021

For many people, taking horses on the road is difficult to avoid whether it is riding, leading animals between fields...
Key technologies drive BDG farmer’s efficiency
Key technologies drive BDG farmer’s efficiency

June 30, 2021

Steven Campbell farms just outside Bellaghy and is currently running 100 suckler cows. Eighty are west of Ireland Simmental and...
John Egerton, Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh
At long last farms walks resume in Fermanagh

June 30, 2021

18 months after hosting his last farm walk CAFRE Technology Demonstration Farmer (TDF) John Egerton eagerly welcomed a group of...
Minister Poots announces the appointment of a new Chairperson and a new member on the CAFRE College Advisory Group
Minister Poots announces the appointment of a new Chairperson and a new member on the CAFRE College Advisory Group

June 29, 2021

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots today welcomed the appointment of Maynard Mawhinney as Chairperson, and Harold Johnston...
Holly Elkin and Teresa McCarney invite you to join the online postgraduate courses information evening
Consider postgraduate study at CAFRE

June 23, 2021

Completed an Honours Degree and looking for postgraduate study opportunities? Interested in a career in the agri-food or rural business...
CAFRE celebrates commitment to LEAF Marque accreditation
CAFRE celebrates commitment to LEAF Marque accreditation

June 22, 2021

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) celebrate fourteen years of LEAF Marque accreditation. LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)...
Postgraduate courses at CAFRE promo with Kevin Henry and Alan Johnston
Postgraduate study opportunities at CAFRE

June 17, 2021

Interested in a career in the agri-food or rural business sector? Completed an Honours Degree and considering studying for a...
Molly is outstanding in her field!
Molly is outstanding in her field!

June 16, 2021

College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) student, Molly Bradley couldn’t be prouder having been awarded ‘Overall Outstanding Achiever’...
Asulam authorisation for 2021 bracken control
Asulam authorisation for 2021 bracken control

June 16, 2021

Bracken is found throughout Northern Ireland, growing on a range of different farm land habitats.  If not controlled, bracken can...
Stephen Maguire from Maguiresbridge , Co Fermanagh, one of the Beef Grassland Management Technology Demonstration Farmers, pictured in his new calf house.
Beef Technology Demonstration Farmer Stephen Maguire goes in a different direction

June 15, 2021

CAFRE Beef Grassland Technology Demonstration Farmer (TDF) Stephen Maguire from Congo, Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh is never one to let the...
2021: A very different year for grass growth and management
2021: A very different year for grass growth and management

June 15, 2021

The first half of the 2021 year has proved to be very challenging for farmers across Northern Ireland. Hannah McNelis,...
Hawthorn hedge in full bloom at Lissan Co. Tyrone
Making positive environmental change need not cost the earth

June 15, 2021

This year it is clear to see the many positive impacts farm management practices can have on the environment around...