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00:00This is your Morning Update for Monday 10th June 2024.
00:09Brought to you by Farming Life.
00:13This funding will play a vital role in ensuring the success of this cherished annual agricultural
00:20and community event.
00:23This funding will play a vital role in ensuring the success of this cherished annual agricultural
00:29and community event.
00:33UFU Next Generation Forum Meeting
00:36Representatives from the UFU's Next Generation Forum visited Asda in Cookstown to better
00:44understand the complexities and challenges faced by the 17 stores across Northern Ireland.
00:53The Ulster Grassland Society recently launched this year's Grassland Farmer of the Year
00:58competition.
01:00This annual competition allows members to judge their grassland performance against
01:06other farmers by asking a number of pertinent questions.
01:13How good is your grassland management?
01:16NI Water Remainder to protect water quality by storing, handling and disposing pesticides
01:24safely.
01:26As the weather gets warmer, many farmers will be busy with weed control, so it is important
01:33to be aware of how to handle pesticide substances.
01:38CAFRI in conjunction with TEAGASC are planning to host two workshops on blight.
01:43To help growers better plan their blight control programmes, College of Agriculture, Food
01:50and Rural Enterprise, CAFRI, in conjunction with TEAGASC, are hosting two workshops on
01:57blight.
02:00The NI Texel Sheep Breeders Club saw all roads lead to Armagh Show for their national show
02:07competition.
02:08Sponsored by Galloway and McLeod, this is the second year in its running with a large
02:14number of entries from breeders across the province.
02:21Farmers Choir NA hosts Charity Concert at Stormont on Saturday 27 July.
02:29Farmers Choir President Mr Robin Swan will open the event and provide the welcome address.
02:38We have a unique dairy heritage, one that is, quite rightly, universally recognised
02:45– Ian Stevenson.
02:48Sometimes it's easy to take for granted the scope of the sector and the scale of its
02:54social and economic impact, not just on rural areas, but on Northern Ireland as a whole.
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