Farm Safety Week: Farmers give their top tips to keep safe this harvest

UK farmers tell us how they keep safe this season.

19 July 2023 • 1 min read

The farming industry is in the full swing of #FarmSafetyWeek, and in this video, farmers across the country tell us their top tips on how to stay safe during what can be a very busy - and overwhelming - harvest season.

Doing more with less - How can my family arable farm survive the APR changes?

Cambridgeshire farmer, Jamie Stokes manages his family's 1,000 hectare arable farm for his 96 year old grandfather. Years of succession planning had set a route for a fairly painless transition down two generations in one step. However, now if his grandfather survives until April 2026, at least 200 hectares of the farm must be sold to pay the tax bill, he says. And having just adjusted the business to survive the loss of subsidies, the maths on losing a fifth of the farm's land poses another major challenge.

Farmers Guardian

15 November 2024 • 3 min read