Farm Safety

Video footage showing a tractor swerving on an A-road before mounting an oncoming car has sparked warnings about the consequences of dangerous driving.

Video footage showing a tractor swerving on an A-road before mounting an oncoming car has sparked warnings about the consequences of dangerous driving.

A 58-year-old farmer has died after being attacked by a bull during a Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) test.

A TikTok video showing a young farmer lying in a row of silage while a rake drives over him has sparked farm safety calls.

A TikTok video showing a young farmer lying in a row of silage while a rake drives over him has sparked farm safety calls.

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.