As this year's Farm Safety Week draws to a close, the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) has urged farmers to embrace new safety technologies.

FSP outlined that technological advances mean autonomous electric tractors, large spraying drones, and on-vehicle cameras that can monitor danger areas around Power Take Off (PTO) drives will soon be commonplace on farms.

Camilla Mackey, head of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Agri-Food Team and FSP member said:

“The evolution of farm safety equipment is set to help make our farms much safer.

"The Farm Safety Partnership will continue to champion evolving safety technologies and highlight their benefits to farmers across Northern Ireland.

"Our advice remains the same to farmers; guard machinery; plan and follow safe systems of working; and use the correct equipment for the job," Mackey concluded.

Meanwhile, as part of Farm Safety Week this week, the FSP reminded the farming community to keep children safe on farms during these busy summer months.

The FSP urged parents to think about the preventative measures they can put in place to help protect children from the risks they face on farms.

Some measures which parents can implement on or around the farm are: