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AFBI focuses on leading improvements in the agri-food industry; protecting animal, plant and human health and enhancing the natural and marine environment
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http://www.afbini.gov.uk 27-02-2014 12:00:56
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The recording of the recent AFBI webinar: 'Lough Neagh, Past Present and Future' is available to watch again on YouTube here: bit.ly/49NiCu4 #LoughNeagh #AFBIresearch #AquaticEcosystems
The 2023/24 Northern Ireland Countryside Survey is now underway. It assesses land cover & habitat change and for the first time, has a large soils component. Funded by DAERA, the survey is led by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, partnered by AFBI & Queen's University Belfast 🎓. For more: bit.ly/4d9bf31
'It's a wee safe space for people'
If you are travelling down the #M1 and just before you hit the #BallsontheFalls , you might not notice it but there is a #hidden #gem of a #farm ST JAMES COMMUNITY FARM
Nicola Weir went along to visit the farm.
🎧 Listen now to #Countryside BBC Sounds
#FactFriday Did you know sheep can self-medicate?
Sheep often use plants and other substances that otherwise hold no nutritional value to prevent or treat illness. They even teach their lambs to do the same!🐑🌱
🌾Gardening this wkd? Never pour unused weed killer down the drain, toilet or sink. Even if you've diluted it. Follow label instructions for disposal. hse.gov.uk/pesticides/use… #Pesticides #weedkiller
HSENI Belfast City Council Derry Strabane Cncl LCCC ABC Council CAFRE
Still time to register for the @afbi_ni Webinar - Lough Neagh: Past, Present and Future. What AFBI's long-term research tells us about changes in Lough Neagh in recent decades, taking place TOMORROW Friday 19 April at 12 Noon bit.ly/4aSjDlg
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
Hear from researchers and entrepreneurs about the challenges they have overcome to build a viable business from farm data during a webinar on 9 May at 2pm 'Growing Value from Data Entrepreneurship on Rural Northern Irish Farms'. Register here bit.ly/3vWoGCC
#AFBIScience
Still time to register for the @afbi_ni Webinar - Lough Neagh: Past, Present and Future. What AFBI's long-term research tells us about changes in Lough Neagh in recent decades, taking place TOMORROW Friday 19 April at 12 Noon bit.ly/4aSjDlg
#AFBIScience #AFBIResearch
AFBI today announced that a contract has been awarded to Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo S.A. for the construction of a new research vessel contracted to complete in February 2027 bit.ly/3xF1VUh #AFBIscience #AFBIresearch #marineresearch #fisheries
⏰ One month until the #BigRiverWatch !
Between 3rd-6th of May, we're inviting everyone in the UK and Ireland to spend just 15 minutes of their bank holiday weekend helping us gather crucial data on #river health.
➡️ theriverstrust.org/big-river-watch
#stateofourrivers #togetherforrivers
It's milling time for the @MycotoxI project!
Naoise is busy milling the oats from the 2023 field trials. These samples will be tested for 30+ mycotoxins at Queen's University Belfast 🎓 School of Biological Sciences
One sample down, over one hundred to go