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Future proofing your dairy business webinar 1 – Carbon awareness

October 26, 2021

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) together with industry partners, Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and Dairy Council...
clare campbell, food technologist CAFRE
The Lamb Van hits the road

October 22, 2021

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and Invest NI continue to work together to help food businesses...
sensory taste panel
Sensory evaluation support resumes at CAFRE

October 22, 2021

With Christmas just around the corner, food companies are busy creating new products and reformulating recipes for the upcoming festive...
Plan your herd health to ensure cattle are ready to thrive this winter
Plan your herd health to ensure cattle are ready to thrive this winter

October 20, 2021

A parasite burden in any animal causes both economic loss and disease.  By definition a parasite is an organism that...
Don Morrow, Head of Dairy, Pig, Poultry and Crops Branch, CAFRE, Mike Johnston, CEO of NI Dairy Council and Mervyn Gordon, UFU Dairy Committee Chairman)
Future proofing your dairy business webinar series

October 19, 2021

The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) together with industry partners, Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and Dairy Council...
Pink Poinsettias
Pink Poinsettias!

October 19, 2021

Horticulture Technologists at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are delighted to showcase Pink Princettias™. ‘Princettia™’ is...
Minister Poots with degree students
Poots welcomes Sustainable Agriculture Degree students

October 17, 2021

Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots MLA has welcomed the first students to be enrolled onto CAFRE’s new Honours Degree in Sustainable...
CAFRE’s agriculture education team recently competed in the 2021 Dragon Boat Race on the River Lagan raising £3250 for the Air Ambulance NI charity. L-R Joe Mulholland, Carrie Smith, Sophie Tyner, Eileen McCloskey, Naomi Jones, Roisin McCurry, Malachy Morgan, Carla Heaslip, Brian Robson, Peter Verhoeven, Philip Higginson, Philip Holdsworth, John Fegan, Phelim Savage. Front Row Jonny Gillespie shows us how it’s done !!
CAFRE raise boatloads of cash for Air Ambulance NI

October 14, 2021

Agriculture Education staff from Greenmount Campus at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) have raised £3250 for...
Attention to detail is key in dairy beef enterprise
Attention to detail is key in dairy beef enterprise

October 14, 2021

Recently members of the North Western Beef Finishing Business Development Group join together for a meeting kindly hosted by arable...
First Aid Training saves lives
First Aid Training saves lives

October 13, 2021

If you have never thought about learning some basic first aid skills, or perhaps have, but never quite got round...
Is your business ready for the Plastic Packaging Tax?
Is your business ready for the Plastic Packaging Tax?

October 12, 2021

The College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) along with Invest Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Food and...
Beef Webinar Series 2021: Solutions to deliver sustainable beef production
Beef Webinar Series 2021: Solutions to deliver sustainable beef production

October 7, 2021

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), Northern Ireland...