Farm Life

Farmers could benefit from the Government’s coronavirus Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) but they need to study the small print first.

More than 1,500 farmers across Britain overcame challenging weather conditions to make the 2020 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), which showcased the role of farming in the countryside.

A recent first aid course for farmers was a great success dealing with life threatening injuries and the immediate steps that can be taken to help save a life.

In the fourth of a blog series looking at mental health within agriculture, Naomi Wright, of Therapy with Naomi, looks at how to deal with and process a diagnosis.

Farm employers are facing a host of conundrums concerning staff as the Coronavirus crisis deepens. Sharmon Blackwell of CXCS provides 10 key pointers.

There is no doubt that beating the Covid-19 pandemic will require a sustained, collective effort unknown in this country since the end of the second world war.

The lockdown of most of the nation’s population will hopefully have the desired effect of slowing down this hellish virus.

We certainly are living in strange and scary times. At the beginning of the month, I had a decent amount of bookings in the diary for the bed and breakfast.

As farms across Scotland begin the spring work in earnest everyone is having to use common sense in their working practices to minimise the risk of contracting Covid-19 or spreading the disease.

In these unprecedented times, farming’s pivotal role in feeding the nation has been brought back into sharp focus.