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Safety in the driving seat
During August a number of Lantra
accredited Safe Tractor Driving
Courses were held at Enniskillen
College which were part funded by
the E.U Programme Building
Sustainable Prosperity 2002-2006.
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Island yields its last timber crop as it
returns to native woodland
Local expertise has enabled a
plantation of almost 20 hectares of
conifers to be harvested and
extracted from one of Upper Lough
Erne’s historic islands without
disturbing the fragile eco-system on
it.
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Farmers take protests to Stormont
Members of the Northern Ireland
Agricultural Producers’ Association
take their protests over farm prices
and bureaucracy to Stormont
tomorrow (Friday).
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Food and drink festival launched
The first Northern Ireland Food and
Drink Festival is to run for four weeks
from September 16, the Agriculture
Minister, Brid Rodgers announced
this week.
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