CAFRE: Hedgerow managing tips that 'benefit' the environment
Farmers can make small changes to hedgerow management to benefit the environment, according to Phelim Connolly, CAFRE adviser
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Farmers can make small changes to hedgerow management to benefit the environment, according to Phelim Connolly, CAFRE adviser
Over 70 people were in attendance at an Accelerating Ruminant Carbon Zero (ARCZero) farm walk in Co. Fermanagh on Tuesday, June 21.
Over 70 people were in attendance at the ARCZero Farm Walk hosted at John Egerton’s farm in Rosslea, Co Fermanagh on Tuesday 21st June.
A recent sustainable livestock production webinar highlighted the challenges posed by climate change on beef farms.
January 9, 2021 9:00 am Winter and spring is a good time to spend some time evaluating the condition of field drainage systems when problems can be most apparent, according to Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Often when a field produces a crop which fails to meet expectations during the growing season or requires livestock to be moved off earlier than planned due to risk of poaching or compaction, we can blame a number of problems such as poor nutrient uptake, wet weather or heavy soils. However, many improved and unimproved grasslands in Norther...