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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...

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!

October 19, 2021

Horticulture Technologists at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) are delighted to showcase Pink Princettias™. ‘Princettia™’ is...

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 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

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

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?

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

October 7, 2021

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

Even calves need the right jab

October 7, 2021

Goodness knows with all the discussion around COVID, we now know more about vaccination than at any point in our...

Run up to housing – Spreading slurry in early October

October 5, 2021

Autumn has arrived and with attention turning to housing cattle, Andrew Thompson, CAFRE technologist, reminds farmers to empty any remaining...

CAFRE College Advisory Group Members Appointment Opportunity

October 4, 2021

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) wishes to appoint four Members to the CAFRE College Advisory Group...