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November 8, 2023
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Beef and Sheep Adviser Gareth Beacom reflects on the silage season of...
October 30, 2023
The housed period for beef cattle is typically associated with high costs per kilogram of liveweight gain, either through conserved...
October 10, 2023
Responsible Use of Antimicrobials training courses that are currently free for farmers, farm family members and farm workers will end...
With good husbandry and nutrition, lambing ewe lambs can improve the financial viability of sheep systems and reduce the number...
September 11, 2023
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is hosting a series of on farm events for sheep farmers...
August 11, 2023
Lameness is a common and persistent problem in sheep flocks which has a negative impact on lamb growth rates, ewe...
July 17, 2023
The CAFRE Agricultural Business Operations [ABO] Level II Certificate Course will be closing for 2023/24 applications on 31st July. Discussing...
March 10, 2023
Pet lamb rearers have not escaped the rising costs of inputs with prices for meal and milk powder having increased...
January 16, 2023
Roger and Hilary Bell’s 500 Texel cross Mule ewe sheep farm is a Technology Demonstration Farm (TDF) which is part...
December 21, 2022
Looking around a farm at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) there are pieces of equipment we...
November 23, 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering sheep farmers the opportunity to travel to the Loch...
October 27, 2022
As we strive to have sustainable suckler herds within Northern Ireland calving replacement beef heifers at 24 months is one...