CAFRE in partnership with CCEA recently hosted GCSE Agriculture and Land Use teachers from schools across Northern Ireland at a one day support event at Greenmount Campus. Edith Finlay, Education […]
CAFRE will host the Growers NI- Trolley and Plant Fair on Tuesday 28th February 2017 with keynote speaker Neville Stein presenting a talk on “The future of plant retailing – […]
First Trust Bank have announced the results of their farm business management competition for final year Foundation degree students at CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus. First place has been awarded to Joe […]
CAFRE will hold an equine technical conference on Wednesday 1st March at Greenmount Campus, Antrim. The theme of the conference is Equine Performance and Training. The conference will include presentations […]
Jason Barley MRCVS or Catherine Forsythe MRCVS from AFBI and Eileen McCloskey Sheep Technologist CAFRE will address the veterinary care, housing and nutrition of ewes before and after lambing. They […]
Equine students welcomed over seventy industry representatives from a wide range of equine businesses to their annual Careers and Bursary Presentations Event at Enniskillen Campus. Businesses included equine organisations, feed […]
CAFRE final year Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture students were recently involved in hedge planting on the College’s Hill Farm Centre (HFC) at Glenwherry, Co Antrim. This “learning by […]
Following on from the success of their Autumn Farm Walk, the Greenmount Association is pleased to announce they will be hosting The Greenmount Association Annual Charity Fundraising Event which will […]
The CAFRE Bursary programme brought Christmas bonuses for twenty-one successful agriculture and horticulture students at CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus. A total of £21,500 was distributed in the Awards presentation during the […]
The Horticulture Training Centre at Greenmount was filled to capacity with horticulture students at the recent launch of the Kilsaran Garden Design competition. Mark Harewood from Kilsaran introduced the company […]
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has launched a programme of equine short courses for the New Year. The courses are aimed at equine businesses, professional horse […]
The majority of students completing higher education courses in agriculture at CAFRE’s Greenmount Campus are from a predominantly livestock background and all are given the opportunity to broaden their experience […]
The Food Innovation Centre at CAFRE, Loughry Campus has successfully achieved Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Model (BREEAM) Excellence under the BREEAM New Construction 2011: Education category. The centre has incorporated […]
Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen has announced the second tranche of the Business Development Group Scheme will reopen to dairy and pig farmers in the middle of November. Knowledge Transfer through […]
CAFRE students Shea McFerran, from Larne, and Jonathan Long, from Donegal, will compete in the National Final of the Worldskills Landscape Gardening Competition in the NEC, Birmingham, 17-19 November. The […]
The organising committee of the upcoming joint CAFRE/ Ulster Farmers Union/ Ulster Arable Society conference met at Greenmount Campus. (Front Row L-R: – Charlie Kilpatrick, George Mathers, Ian McMaw and […]
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 […]
To help grow their interest in the varied and exciting range of career opportunities agriculture has to offer, CAFRE recently hosted over 200 pupils and teachers from 12 schools across […]
Compared with other employment sectors, agriculture remains one of the most dangerous for people to work in. Many of the fatalities and serious injuries that occur on farm each year could […]
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) invites you to come along to our upcoming October Open Days to find out about the excellent careers and courses available […]
