Sheep
Research is confirming that sheep play a key role in helping to maximise the resource represented by hill farming systems.
Beef
The benefits of managing hill farms proactively have been confirmed by research and development work carried out in Northern Ireland.
Dairy
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland have been invited on what is described as a "study tour" on improving nutrient utilisation.
ram
As breeding season approaches, farmers will be turning their attention to ensuring rams are fit, fertile and capable of working effectively.
N.Ireland
A CAFRE student from Co. Antrim has said she is "honoured" to have been named as the winner of a prestigious veterinary award.
Horticulture production businesses across Northern Ireland are invited to submit an expression of interest.
A group of NI meat industry professionals has been praised for showing "outstanding commitment" for balancing full-time work with education.
CAFRE Enniskillen Campus is set to welcome early-career farriers from across Northern Ireland and further afield later this month.
NI beef producers must be allowed to achieve ongoing realistic levels of economic sustainability, a senior academic manager has stressed.
The increased use of appetite-suppressing, obesity medications can be developed into a good news story for the red meat industries.
Rural Life
The Greenmount Association, an organisation of past students of the Greenmount college campus, has invited former students to a reunion event.
CAFRE's Nigel Gould shared how incorporating white clover into grass swards can help reduce fertiliser inputs and maintain performance.
CAFRE invites sheep farmers to apply to attend an Innovation Visit as part of the Farming for Sustainability – Innovation Scheme.
A beef conference and farm visit takes place at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Greenmount Campus next month.
Northern Ireland’s CAFRE, alongside The Tree Council, is marking National Hedgerow Week, which runs until May 10.
A compact calving pattern is "one of the clearest indicators of reproductive performance within suckler systems", a CAFRE adviser has said.
Most well-run suckler herds producing replacement heifers will focus closely on the key management...
CAFRE beef and sheep adviser Jack Friar has said management attention must now focus on the suckler cow in early lactation.
Northern Ireland Minister Andrew Muir cited "resource constraints" for lack of additional tractor training for teens.
Machinery
As slurry and fertiliser applications commence, its is important that farmers consider the impact of machinery on soil structure
Tillage
A recent crop walk hosted by CAFRE on the South Down farm of Shaw Hanna featured a discussion on the key challenge posed by winter barley
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is confirming that the time to control yellow rust in winter wheat crops is now.
Members of a CAFRE Business Sustainability Group had the recent opportunity of walking winter wheat and barley crops in Co. Down.
