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1 week ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
4 1/1 Farmers attending the recent meeting of Fermanagh Grassland Club have been hearing about the progress of Sustainable Ruminant Genetics Ltd, a non-profit initiative which is a partnership between the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), Dairy Council for Northern Ireland, Livestock and Meat Commission and the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters’ Association.
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1 month ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
2 1/1 February brought the longed-for colour to gardens and fields with spring bulbs in the former and gorse in the latter, writes Ethel Irvine,from Fermanagh Beekeepers' Association (FBA), for her report for February. Crocuses, daffodils, hellebores, spring heathers and snowdrops are valuable as sources of pollen especially at this time of year as fresh pollen is prized by the bees as they feed the brood in the expanding brood boxes.
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1 month ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
2 1/1 More than 250 guests attended the Ulster Farmers’ Union annual dinner at the Glenavon House Hotel last Friday evening with members and guests from across Northern Ireland attending.
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1 month ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
Attending the dinner at Harper Ireland were (from left); Allister Crawford, Augher; Richard Moore, John Thompsons and Sons; Kimi Chambers, Lack and Charlie Henderson, Trillick. (Image: none) The impact of Harper Adams University’s Harper Ireland student society over three decades has been underlined at the organisation’s annual dinner.
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1 month ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
John Henning (right), President of the RUAS, presenting the President's Award to Alan Armstrong. (Image: none) The President's Award made at the annual meeting of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) this year goes to Alan Armstrong from Lisnaskea. This accolade acknowledges an outstanding Society member who has made a significant contribution over a period of years.
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2 months ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
A 1200-acre organic mixed farm in the Cotswolds area of England is taking a different approach from most conventional farms by creating more biodiversity and producing food direct to the consumer to capture higher prices. This farm was one of several visited recently by Northern Ireland farmers through the Farm Innovations Visits programme under the theme, ‘Lowland Biodiversity Farming’.
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2 months ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
7 1/1 Hundreds of farmers from Fermanagh and Tyrone have been learning how the new agricultural support payments will impact on their farms when they are introduced gradually over the next few years. Three awareness meetings held at Enniskillen Campus, CAFRE were very well attended, with DAERA speakers explaining the new Sustainable Agriculture Programme.
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2 months ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
8 1/1 The challenges in farming of meeting carbon emissions targets and becoming sustainable while improving biodiversity and productivity are confronting the minds of farmers across the country. In late October, 2024, a group of farmers from across Northern Ireland – led by CAFRE staff including Kenneth Johnston from Greenmount Campus – undertook a Farm Innovation Visit on the theme of ‘Lowland Biodiversity Farming’ in the Cotswolds area of Oxfordshire.
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2 months ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
11 1/1 Equine students at CAFRE's Enniskillen Campus marked an important event recently as they hosted their annual Careers Day. The event is so highly-respected by those within the equine industry throughout Ireland that many of the leading companies involved in it come back to the campus each year to help with mock interviews, and also to help recruit graduates and others who have spent some time acquiring the skills needed for future careers.
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2 months ago | 
impartialreporter.com | Brian Donaldson
A new range of Climate Smart seed products for farmers has been launched by Germinal in the year that it celebrates its 200th anniversary. Five new products have been launched to tackle agri-environmental challenges.
