Excellent turnout for first “Making Tax Digital” Seminar
Over 150 farmers and other family members turned out for the first of the ongoing series of “Making Tax Digital” Seminar at Loughry Campus. The seminars have been arranged jointly […]
Walking the Supply Chain – Banbridge Sheep Business Development Group
The Banbridge Sheep Business Development Group (BDG) recently had a visit to Linden Foods, Dungannon to view the lamb slaughtering, dressing and grading process. As part of the BDG programme, […]
CAFRE Hosts ISH Young Breeders Training Day
Recently CAFRE Enniskillen Campus held a very successful training day as part of the ISH Young Breeders Programme. The training day had a gathering of 40 participants, travelling from all […]
Agricultural Technology Students – EU Study Tour
Students on the second year of the BSc honours degree in Agricultural Technology delivered in partnership by CAFRE and Queen’s University Belfast, embraced the opportunity to travel to Belgium to […]
Industry Bursaries for Loughry Food Degree Students
The costs of Higher Education are often in the spotlight, but at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) there is positive news for food students. Loughry Campus […]
Safe Use of Sheep Dip – Courses available at CAFRE
Sheep dipping courses to enable farmers to achieve the, Safe Use of Sheep Dip certificate will be available at CAFRE, Greenmount Campus in late November 2018. Thinking about dipping your […]
Launch of 2019 Arable Conference
The organising committee of the joint CAFRE, UAS and UFU Arable Conference met recently to finalise details for the 2019 event. The date of the conference is Tuesday 15th January […]
“Making Tax Digital” Business Planning Seminar Coming to Loughry Campus
A number of Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) seminars focusing on areas impacting on farm businesses have been organised by CAFRE in partnership with Rural Support. These will be delivered […]
Meet the Speakers for the Beef Conference
The ‘Healthy Cattle, Health Profits’ Beef Conference will take place on Wednesday 21 November at Greenmount Campus CAFRE. This all day conference jointly organised by CAFRE, Ulster Farmers’ Union, LMC, […]
FACTS Qualified Advisers (FQA) Annual Assessment
The way in which FACTS qualified advisers receive Continuous Professional Development (CPD) has now changed! Previously under the FACTS scheme all qualified advisers were expected to pass the Nutrient Management […]
Beef Conference – Healthy Cattle, Healthy Profits
CAFRE is looking forward to welcoming delegates to the ‘Healthy Cattle, Healthy Profits’ conference, which is jointly organised by The Ulster Farmers’ Union, CAFRE, LMC, AFBI and NBA. The conference will take […]
“Making Tax Digital” Business Planning Seminars Ready to Roll
Farm Family Key Skills (FFKS) is an initiative being managed by CAFRE and is a key element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. The Business Planning theme of Farm Family […]
Fresh Start for Equine Apprentices @ CAFRE
We are pleased to announce that our first intake on to the New Equine Apprenticeship Programme joined us on Thursday 27th September for registration and induction. We would like to […]
Institution of Agricultural Engineers Northern Ireland Professional Development Event
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), in conjunction with the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, (IAgrE), are hosting a guest lecture on Monday 22 October 2018 in Greenmount […]
Pesticide Storage. Are you covered?
Suppliers storing pesticides for sale or supply must hold a BASIS Certificate of Competence. The ‘Code of practice for suppliers of pesticides to agriculture, horticulture and forestry’ backed up by […]
Cookstown farmers invited to learn about PRRS control in Denmark
CAFRE is offering pig producers, in the Cookstown area, the opportunity to travel to Denmark to learn about disease control . Under the new Farm Innovation Visits scheme, a DAERA […]
New bursary for Horticulture students
Out There Services joins the list of busary donors at Greenmount Campus. This new bursary which is for Foundation Degree Horticulture students will provide £1000 along with a work placement […]
‘Learning by Doing’ on show at Loughry’s Open Day
Fresher’s Week took on a whole new meaning for students at Loughry Campus, College of Agriculture Food & Rural Enterprise with a focus on hands-on learning as a way of […]
Loughry Students USA Bound!
Back row, from left: Claire McConkey, Larne and Erin Shields, Newry Front row: Hannah Whittle, Dungannon Each year CAFRE students are given the opportunity to compete for a place to […]
Invest in your Future with CAFRE
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) invites you to its October Open Days to find out about the excellent courses and careers available in the agri-food and […]