Farming has been named ‘Britain’s deadliest job’, after it was revealed that 27 workers die each year from injuries sustained on farm.
Three young farmers have completed a 29-hour milking marathon, raising more than £3,000 for the Farm Safety Foundation (FSF).
A popular young farmer died after trying to jump onto a moving tractor and falling, an inquiry has heard. Â
Yorkshire Dairy Goats has been ordered to pay £200,000 after a much loved and extremely valued worker died when struck by a reversing telehandler.
A lack of appreciation of the importance of food production in Government and wider society is fuelling a mental health crisis among farmworkers, according to industry experts.
A Farmer from Gwynedd has died after sustaining ‘massive injuries’ in a tractor accident, an inquest has heard.
Íæż½ã½ã are being urged to keep a close eye on stocks of diesel and fertiliser as rocketing prices fuel fears of a rural crime spree.
Gisburn Auction Marts has been fined £18,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,819 after an employee was fatally injured while helping to load a dairy bull into a lorry.
Understanding and thinking about cows’ innate and learned behaviours will help reduce on-farm incidents for farmers and veterinarians.
As fertiliser prices soar, time spent getting spreader settings right will be particularly valuable this season. Alice Dyer reports.