N.Ireland
Free farm safety courses for farmers in the North
Farmers in Northern Ireland are being encouraged by the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Michelle Mcllveen to attend...
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Beef
Calving this spring? Some great advice on farm safety around calving cows
Farmers must realise that they need to look after themselves when dealing with livestock. Livestock related accidents accounted for 22% of...
Opinion
Make farm safety your New Year's resolution
If there is one thing every farmer should do for 2016 is promise themselves and their families that they will...
Rural Life
HSA calls on schools to talk to children about farm safety
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is calling on primary school teachers to spend 30 minutes communicating farm safety messages...
Agri-Business
Hogan accused of U-turn on penalties for farm safety issues
European Commissioner Phil Hogan has been accused of doing a U-turn in relation to penalising farmers for poor farm safety...
Dairy
Farm safety to feature at Emerald Expo
Farm safety is to feature prominently at this weekends Emerald Expo 2015 which is taking place at the Punchestown Event...
Agri-Business
Cork farmers account for 13% of Farm Safety Scheme applications
Cork farmers accounted for the highest number of applications to the Farm Safety Scheme, according to figures released by the...
Agri-Business
Slurry cages to be allowed under new Farm Safety Scheme
Slurry cages will be eligible for grant aid under the next Farm Safety Scheme, according to Dr Robert Leonard a...
Agri-Business
Glanbia partners with FBD in farm safety campaign
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has joined forces with FBD Insurance to sponsor the new farm safety campaign ‘Champions for Change’....
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...
N.Ireland
UFU President calls on farmers to complete farm safety study
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on the 8,000 farm businesses, selected at random, to complete and return the...
Agri-Business
Goodman group to sponsor farm safety initiative
The Larry Goodman ABP Food Group is to sponsor a farm safety exhibition at next year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition....
Opinion
Farm safety policy – too much carrot – not enough stick?
Speaking at the Tullamore Show this week the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney said that he...
Rural Life
Prioritise farm safety
Agriculture continues to represent a high proportion of workplace deaths in Ireland with the sector accounting for 21 out of...
Agri-Business
Farm fined £12,000 for 'multiple' health and safety breaches
A farming business in Faversham, Kent has been fined for “multiple health and safety breaches” which placed employees and others...
Agri-Business
Farm health and safety is a 'cultural issue'
Farm health and safety is a cultural issue and so needs to be embedded in farm workplace culture to combat...
Agri-Business
HSE inspectors to visit farms across GB to assess safety requirements
Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will visit farms across Great Britain from this week to check compliance...
N.Ireland
NI farms to face vehicle safety inspections from August
An eight-month long programme of workplace-based vehicle safety inspections on farms across Northern Ireland has been announced today (Monday, July...
