Rural Life
Health and safety event to be held next week
A health and safety event organised by Teagasc is set to take place next week in Mayo Sligo Mart in...
Health and Safety
Dairy
Better to have your wits about you this breeding season
As the breeding season draws to a close, the number of bulls out and about on farms has suddenly increased....
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Rural Life
Farm safety workshop on the way next week
A number of rural organisations are coming together to hold a joint spring farm safety event next week. Kilrush members...
Forestry
Health and safety of forestry personnel is 'paramount'
“While the development of forestry in Ireland is our objective, the health and safety of everyone involved in the sector...
Rural Life
National Farm Safety and Health Conference heads to Carlow
The 2018 National Farm Safety and Health Conference will be held at the Dolmen Hotel in Carlow on Friday, October...
Buildings
Are your slats fit for purpose?
Since the availability of the TAMS II (Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme II) grant, construction and expansion has taken centre stage...
Agri Politics
IFA appoints new health and safety executive
As Farm Safety Week 2018 gets underway this week from today (Monday, July 16), the Irish Farmers’ Association has announced...
Beef
Mart-goers adjust to new health and safety rules
Cattle buyers and sellers have adjusted to new health and safety rules in livestock marts, according to the manager of Headford...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Rural Life
Fatalities in agriculture '5 to 7 times greater' than all other sectors
New research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) analysing work-related injuries...
Beef
Limited mart yard access poses 'a considerable culture change'
New safety measures being employed by a number of marts across the country will pose “a considerable culture change“, according...
Agri-Business
'Only mart staff' to be allowed in sales yard at Roscommon Mart
It has been announced that “only mart staff” will be allowed in the sales yard at Roscommon Mart from today...
N.Ireland
Meal firm fined six-figure sum after young worker injured
Well known Co. Armagh meal firm, Mason Animal Feeds, has been fined a six-figure sum in court after a 17-year-old...
Buildings
Safety focus: Are your livestock handling facilities up to the task?
Livestock can be extremely dangerous and need to be respected. Last year, 24 farmers died in work-related accidents – 14 were aged...
Agri Politics
McGuinness calls for fast-track legislation on 'endocrine disruptors'
“Urgent action” is needed to improve farmer and public safety on potentially hazardous chemicals in pesticides, MEP Mairead McGuinness has...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Rural Life
'Farm employees won't tolerate unsafe working environments anymore'
There is an increasing focus on health and safety at farm level, as the number of fatalities on Irish farms...
Rural Life
Farm deaths over double the amount in 2016
Farm deaths have more than doubled the number of fatalities recorded for the first five months in 2016 in an...
Rural Life
Pics and video: Farm safety event highlights the main risk areas on farms
A farm safety event held in Co. Wexford on Saturday demonstrated a number of the key risks and safety hazards...
Agri-Business
Young farmers should force a change in relation to farm safety - Coveney
Young farmers should force a change in relation to farm safety, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. Speaking...