Author Posts: Aleksandra Cupriak
It is time to change attitudes towards farm health and safety
26th July 2024
Farm health and safety is not a box-ticking exercise, it needs to be taken seriously, said the recruitment director at staff specialist REAL Success during the Farm Health and Safety Week.
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‘Combines are out’: UK farmers share harvest update
26th July 2024
As more and more combines are now out on fields, Farmers Guide asked farmers from around the UK for another harvest update.
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‘Have a happy harvest’ campaign launches to mark Farm Safety Week
26th July 2024
TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety charity, has launched a campaign to emphasise the importance of thorough tyre maintenance for farmers during Farm Safety Week.
Lidl announces £1.5bn investment in British beef farms
26th July 2024
Lidl has committed to invest £1.5 billion into the British beef industry over the next five years.
Tributes paid to Welsh farmer who died in quadbike accident
25th July 2024
Family has paid tributes to a 65-year-old Welsh farmer who tragically died in a quadbike accident.
Record-breaking number of flood warnings issued in England last winter
25th July 2024
The number of flood warnings on England’s best farmland last winter hit a record high, exceeding the previous record by 20%.
Scottish funeral director unveils first Land Rover Defender hearse
24th July 2024
William Purves Funeral Directors has revealed its custom-made Land Rover Defender hearse for families and funeral directors to hire.
New Holland marks two millionth Basildon tractor in plant’s 60th year history
24th July 2024
New Holland is celebrating two great achievements, 60 years of tractor production in Basildon and the manufacturing of its two millionth tractor at the plant.
Agriculture has poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK
24th July 2024
The Health and Safety Executive has recently published its work-related fatality figures for 2023/24, which revealed that agriculture has the poorest safety record of any occupation in the country.
Free course underlining children’s safety on farms launches
24th July 2024
Wales Farm Safety Partnership and Lantra Cymru have created a new e-learning course, ‘Children on Farms’, which guides farmers on how to keep children safe on farms during the upcoming summer holidays.
Wellington farmer given suspended prison sentence and £10k fine following slurry offences
23rd July 2024
A Wellington dairy farmer was given a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay £10,000 for allowing slurry to run into the Westford Stream.
Tesco trials methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows
23rd July 2024
Tesco has announced its partnership with a Cheshire-based farm to trial a methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows.