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March 22, 2023
CAFRE staff, Cathy Adams and Michael Garvey, recently accompanied 17 local dairy farmers on a Farm Innovations Visit (FIV) to...
February 22, 2023
A blueprint for low emission dairying, results from regional SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, farmers views on economic...
January 11, 2023
Calf housing has a crucial role in rearing the dairy cow of the future. The pre and post weaning stage...
January 4, 2023
Applications are invited for a study tour to Great Britain The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is...
December 7, 2022
Applications are invited for this study tour to the Northern Germany region The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
Applications are invited for this study tour to the Midlands of England The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
November 29, 2022
Recently a CAFRE dairy Business Development Group (BDG) based in the east of the province met to discuss winter rations....
November 8, 2022
Technology Demonstration Farms (TDFs) provide a network of local farms which allow other farmers the opportunity to see new technology...
October 26, 2022
Putting it simply, ‘labour’ is about work and who does that work. The key aim for any dairy business is...
October 6, 2022
A group of dairy farmers from Northern Ireland accompanied by CAFRE Dairy Advisers David Mackey and Conail Keown took part...
October 4, 2022
John Trimble farms on the outskirts of Castlecaulfield in County Tyrone in partnership with his son Mathew. Mathew has just...
August 23, 2022
Feed, fertiliser and fuel prices, as a result of the war in Ukraine and global supply issues, are at levels...