A free agricultural contractor fair and information roadshow is set to take place in the River Derg area next week.

The event will see farmers, landowners and contractors in attendance at Aghyaran Saint Davog's GAA Club, near Killeter, Castlederg, on Thursday 28 April, from 11am to 4pm.

Source to Tap is delivering the event to allow landowners to meet local agricultural contractors and to offer advice on water-friendly agricultural services such as weed-wiping for rush control and livestock exclusion fencing to prevent riverbank erosion. The event will also share some of the important learnings from the Source to Tap project, that could benefit landowners and farm businesses.

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The Source to Tap team will also update attendees on work undertaken on the Land Incentive Scheme in the River Derg catchment.

Supported by the European Union's INTERREG VA Programme, Source to Tap is an innovative partnership project that has been working since 2017 to improve the health of waterways in the cross-border catchments of the Erne and Derg rivers.

Through the development of sustainable, catchment-scale solutions, Source to Tap has been working with local communities to develop effective ways to protect rivers and lakes. Source to Tap has also trialled various land management measures in forestry, peatland and agriculture and the outreach programme has been informing the public about their critical role in protecting our waterways.

The agricultural sector has been key to the success of many of the Source to Tap projects and as the program concludes in Summer 2022, this upcoming event on April 28 will help inform future best practices for protecting local watercourses.