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Opinion
Suggestions that better education can improve farm safety are insulting nonsense
Last week I met an Irish dairy farmer who was recently heavily criticised by his advisor and discussion group colleagues...
Opinion
Last week I met an Irish dairy farmer who was recently heavily criticised by his advisor and discussion group colleagues...
Agri-Business
Farm related accidents in the seven year period from 2005 to 2011 accounted for 677 beds days in Mayo General...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on the 8,000 farm businesses, selected at random, to complete and return the...
Sheep
Pregnant women have been advised to avoid close contact with farmed animals that are giving birth, by the Welsh Government....
Rural Life
A person working in agriculture is eight times more likely to be killed in a work place accident compared to...
Rural Life
The founder of Embrace FARM – the organisation established last year to provide support for families affected by fatal farm...
Rural Life
Farmers have been warned that they could lose EU grants if they don’t improve safety standards by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan....
Rural Life
The ESB is reminding farmers to be safe this Christmas and to never take risks with electricity. It says that in...
Agri-Business
The Larry Goodman ABP Food Group is to sponsor a farm safety exhibition at next year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition....
Rural Life
An eight-year-old girl has become the latest person to die in a farming accident this year, bringing the total number...
Agri-Business
“My father was working on a machine and got a blow to the side of the head. That’s all we...