Farm Safety
Last hurrah of summer: Top farm-safety tips for children
This weekend is the last hurrah of summer for most before all schools return next week, and with the weather...
Farm Safety
This weekend is the last hurrah of summer for most before all schools return next week, and with the weather...
Machinery
Discussion around “changes in attitudes” in relation to tractor and vehicle licensing requirements in agriculture are set to take place,...
Agri-Business
A Co. Longford farming couple narrowly escaped a near-fatal incident involving slurry fumes which left both of them unconscious last...
Rural Life
The Farm Safety Partnership has launched a new Farm Safety Action Plan for 2021 to 2024 today (Monday, August 23)....
Rural Life
With the summer 2021 heatwave having seen the Irish Community Air Ambulance tasked 21 times over eight days, the service...
Beef
Ireland is well known for its livestock sector, from suckler and beef finishing farms to dairy farms aplenty. Therefore, cattle...
Machinery
With farm machinery becoming an increasingly important element in the business of farming today, particular care must be paid when...
Rural Life
In the last five years, 37% of all farm deaths involved older farmers aged 65 or over, according to the...
Agri-Business
A 10-year high was hit in tractor claims during the month of June this year, insurance firm FBD has noted...
Rural Life
A person’s life can be turned upside down in a matter of seconds, and that is what happened to Irene...
Agri-Business
While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles offers new economic and environmental benefits, their future growth also presents the new...
Featured
Over the last ten years (between 2011 and 2020) 21 children have lost their lives on Irish farms. These are horrific...
Rural Life
Today (Monday, July 19) marks the ninth annual Farm Safety Week in Ireland and the UK, an initiative led by...
Rural Life
A farm safety handbook specially designed for children has been launched by AgriKids and Flogas. The farm safety education platform...
Dairy Technical
July is a busy month on many farms, with second-cut silage and the beginning of the harvest, along with the...
Rural Life
Farmers and contractors have been warned that the onus is on them to ensure children are kept safe on farms....
Rural Life
There were 53 work-related fatal incidents in 2020 according to the annual review of workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities by...
N.Ireland
A Castlewellan farmer has been fined £25,000 after a labourer aged in his 20s died on his farm during a...