Farm Safety

As I am writing this article it is currently Farm Safety Week (July 18-22), which inadvertently lets you in on a little bit of Farmers Guardian magic with deadlines for articles always a week before actual publication.

Many farmers are working alone under the false assumption they can, and should, do it all, which, combined with ever-increasing pressures on-farm, creates a ‘cooking pot of potential trouble waiting to happen’.

The agricultural industry cannot continue to accept risk-taking is part and parcel of farming or become immune to the impact each and every farm death has on families and communities, the Farm Safety Foundation has said.

Niki Holt, head of commercial at Certas Energy, shares her top tips to help farmers improve their fuel security. 

A family has paid tribute to their three-year-old ‘little sunshine’ boy who has died after a collision with a tractor on a farm in Bury. 

Harvest for us this year will start at around the same time as the schools break up, something continually pointed out by my son, eager to experience the action this year for himself.

New data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed 22 farm workers were killed on farms in England, Wales and Scotland in 2021/22, a fall from 34 farm workers this time last year.

A NEW initiative will train Cumbrian young farmers to identify rural crime risks and put in place practical security measures.

A teenage young farmer has been trapped and killed in a bale wrapping machine. 

A farmworker from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, has been killed while carrying out maintenance on a trailer.