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  • Crops and Horticulture

    Information on areas of crop growing and horticulture including combinable crops, potatoes, fruits and vegetables, seeds and nursery stock.

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    Seeds

    • Instructions to Licensed Seed Samplers
    • Seed Certification Scheme
    • Certification and legislative requirements

    Mushrooms

    From within this area of the portal you can find information on the latest developments within the mushroom farming sector.

    • Mushroom courses
    • Mushroom contacts

    Cut flowers and foliage

    • Cut flowers and foilage - courses and events
    • Cut flowers and foilage technology projects and information
    • Cut flowers and foilage news

    Nursery stock, ornamentals and amenity horticulture

    • Summary of "Biological Controls from Vine Weevil" Webinar
    • Nursery stock at CAFRE
    • Northern Ireland Nursery Stock Growers guide to local plants for local gardens

    Fruit and vegetables

    • Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme
    • Vegetable technical projects and information
    • Fruit and vegetable contacts

    Potatoes

    • DAERA Exports - Phytosanitary Certificate
    • Seed potatoes
    • Blight control strategy 2015

    Combinable crops

    • Spring barley weed control
    • Third joint UAS-CAFRE-UFU conference
    • Crops technology projects

    Seasonal work on farms and horticulture units: guidance for employers

    Are you an employer who is actively recruiting?

    Farmers and growers - pests and diseases to look out for

    Intensive agriculture and horticulture is especially vulnerable to outbreaks of new pests and diseases. Farmers and growers monitoring their crops on a day to day basis play a critical role in detecting new pests and diseases at an early stage. This provides the best opportunity to prevent their establishment in the wider environment and causing serious economic damage.

    About the Plant Health Risk Register

    The NI Plant Health Risk Register is a tool for government, industry and stakeholders to prioritise action against pests and pathogens which threaten our crops, trees, gardens and countryside.

    Related to Crops and Horticulture

    Most recent publications

    • Overview of the Nutrients Action Programme since 2007

      Published 4 July 2024
    • Seed Potato Label Online User Guide

      Published 18 November 2021
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    Most recent consultations

    • Consultation on a Proposed Bill to Amend Legacy EU Common Market Organisation (CMO) Schemes

      Published 3 April 2024 Consultation closed
    • Consultation on Proposed Future Arrangements for Public Intervention (PI) and Private Storage Aid (PSA) Rules

      Published 22 August 2023 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Management notes for May 2023

      Published 22 May 2023
    • Poots opens £1.6million Ornamental Horticulture support scheme

      Published 15 October 2020
    See all news in this topic

    Access to information

    How to request information from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs including Freedom of Information (FOI), Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) and the use of our Publication Scheme.

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