Advice

Loneliness is a key risk factor for mental health issues in farmers with 94 per cent of respondents to a Farmers Guardian online poll agreeing that it posed a risk to mental wellbeing.

Taking a lead from New Zealand where most dairy farms are using fresh semen, Cogent has identified a gap in the UK market which might provide an alternative solution to the needs of block calving farms.

Talk of broken supply chains is plentiful on agri-social media and in the farming press, but solutions are much harder to find.

Video-sharing website TikTok has investigated several ’dangerous’ driving videos produced by young farmers. 

Co-products have an increasingly vital role to play in safeguarding the sustainability of global agriculture and our planet, says Duynie Feed.

Industry has warned farms and farmyards are not playgrounds following several on-farm child fatalities this year.

Farmers using robotic milking systems should consider reviewing their breeding strategy to optimise performance from the robots, according to Ellen Rinell of Genus ABS.

Weather extremes hitting both sides of the spectrum so far this year has made for a challenging grass growing season to date. Hannah Park finds out more.

This month Ian Potter reflects on the deep anger felt among some producers following the devastating treatment in the Covid-19 shutdown and examines the ongoing damage it has done to long-term relationships.

Speaking up when things get tough saved two farmers from the point of no return. Former dairy farmer Bobby Stevenson and farm worker Duncan Maclellan speak to Farmers Guardian about their recovery.