Farm Life

This week is Mental Health Awareness week (May 9 – 15) where people in the UK are encouraged to raise awareness of mental health issues and help break the stigma that still surrounds mental health.

Rachel Cooper, 27, is Shropshire’s YFC county chair. She hails from Whitchurch, North Shropshire but now lives in Bridgnorth on her partner’s sheep and arable farm.

With direct payments being phased out, more and more farmers are looking to diversification. Greentech’s Yaw Ofori spoke to Farmers Guardian about the opportunities in renewable energy

Three young farmers have completed a 29-hour milking marathon, raising more than £3,000 for the Farm Safety Foundation (FSF).

THE National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) has recruited an extra police officer to strengthen its agricultural vehicle crime-fighting unit.

Paul White has recently begun his farming career, with six acres of land in the heart of Lancashire. Here, he tell Farmers Guardian the ups and downs of the journey so far.

A popular young farmer died after trying to jump onto a moving tractor and falling, an inquiry has heard.  

The charity have confirmed the sale of two of their residential homes.

Yorkshire Dairy Goats has been ordered to pay £200,000 after a much loved and extremely valued worker died when struck by a reversing telehandler.

A lack of appreciation of the importance of food production in Government and wider society is fuelling a mental health crisis among farmworkers, according to industry experts.