Environment
'You cannot have machinery crossing a greenway without accidents'
Landowners along the route of the proposed South Kerry Greenway are “worried” about the dangers posed by machinery and general...
Environment
Landowners along the route of the proposed South Kerry Greenway are “worried” about the dangers posed by machinery and general...
Rural Life
Herdwatch will host a live webinar on farm safety on Tuesday, July 21, at 7:30pm as part of Farm Safety...
Agri Politics
When he was appointing the new ministers of state (or junior ministers), Taoiseach Micheál Martin took the unprecedented step of...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is undertaking a two-week inspection ‘blitz’ campaign to highlight on-going safety issues on farms....
Tillage
The winter barley and oilseed rape harvests are fast approaching, but all involved should slow down ahead of the busy...
Dairy
At this stage of the season, on many dairy and suckler enterprises, the number of stock bulls out and about...
Agri Politics
Newly-appointed Minister of State Martin Heydon is set to take on responsibility for “Research and Development, Farm Safety and New...
Rural Life
A farmer has been fined in Carlow District Court today, Thursday, July 2, after pleading guilty to breaching health and...
Rural Life
There are additional risks just now with farmers and contractors busy working with animals, making silage and spreading fertiliser and...
Rural Life
With the ongoing high rate of fatal farm accidents in 2020, four ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
Rural Life
The number of farm safety inspections conducted so far in 2020 is down by more than 50% compared to the...
Opinion
Farmers don’t need more regulations for safety; they need education. Farmers are ageing, so you need to educate the youth....
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is looking for people aged between 16 and 20 for a survey on farm...
Rural Life
“Europe can tell us how many cows are born every year, but they cannot tell us how many farmers are...
Rural Life
The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) is hosting a webinar this Wednesday, June 17, on ‘The Importance of Farm Safety for...
Video
On this week’s FarmLand, we look at tractor safety on our roads during silage season and what everyone should keep...
N.Ireland
Five people have been injured and a child airlifted to hospital following an incident involving a tractor drawing a silage...
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a poster competition for children to promote farm safety...