Month: August 2021

Treating home grown grain this harvest

August 26, 2021

Production problems this year have led to supply and availability issues of propionic acid to treat grain on farms. Across...

Herbal leys performing well on County Down farm

August 25, 2021

Farming outside of Strangford on the east coast of County Down, is organic beef and sheep farmer Dale Orr, who...

Body Condition Scoring breeding ewes pre-tupping

August 23, 2021

Body condition scoring ewes is a simple, effective and cheap management tool to evaluate the body reserves of ewes.  Getting...

Animal health focus for Magherafelt BDG farmers

August 23, 2021

Summer 2021 has seen the welcome recommencement of on farm Business Development Group (BDG) meetings. One of which John Palmer,...

Prepare your food business for PPDS allergen labelling changes

August 20, 2021

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in partnership with the Food Standards Agency, hosted an online event to...

Drying off dairy cows

August 18, 2021

The dry period is an essential stage of the dairy cow’s milk production cycle.  Dr Jane Sayers, CAFRE Dairying Adviser,...

CAFRE to host Protein Crop Harvesting webinar

August 17, 2021

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is hosting an online webinar on Tuesday 24th August at 8.00pm...

Part time Level 2 Horse Care qualification offered by CAFRE

August 12, 2021

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is offering the 1st 4 Sport, accredited Level 2 Certificate in...

There is something in EFS for every farmer

August 12, 2021

County Down arable farmer David Sandford of Portloughan Farm, Strangford has recently been appointed as one of the Farm Habitat...

Food students get their turn to ‘churn it up’

August 11, 2021

CAFRE Level 3 Diploma Food students enjoyed a series of practical classes as part of their Dairy Technology unit. Students...

Sensory evaluation support offered at CAFRE

August 10, 2021

Consumers may not realise that they use sensory evaluation on a daily basis when consuming food, using the senses of...

Loughry degree graduate conveniently moves into developing foods

August 10, 2021

Congratulations to Grace Moore on completing her studies on the BSc (Hons) Degree in Food Technology at the College of...