HSE launches safety campaign to reduce farm kit deaths
Farmers Weekly An advice-led campaign intended to prevent farm deaths and injury caused by moving vehicles has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) this week. In the past five years, 48 people have been killed on farms in Great Britain in incidents involving vehicles – 24 in England, 14 in Scotland and […]
AHDB demands The Lancet takes down anti-red meat report
Farmers Weekly Medical journal The Lancet is under mounting pressure from the AHDB to formally retract a study that alleges links between red meat consumption and mortality. The AHDB has sent an open letter to the journal, formally demanding that the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD) is removed until […]
Farmers terrorised by off-road bikers in South Yorkshire
Farmers Weekly Gangs of illegal off-road bikers have been tearing across farmers’ fields and damaging crops in South Yorkshire. As well as the criminal damage to fields, farmers in Cadeby and High Melton, near Doncaster, said they were also getting threats on a weekly basis from people using off-road bikes, quads and buggies. One farmer […]
Avian flu case decline sparks housing order optimism
Farmers Weekly Cows at calving or when freshly calved pose an increased risk to farmers, family members and staff, health and safety experts in Northern Ireland have warned, as spring calving gathers pace. People are required to work more closely with animals, often in confined spaces at a time when cows can be more protective […]
Safety advice issued with calving in full swing
Farmers Weekly Cows at calving or when freshly calved pose an increased risk to farmers, family members and staff, health and safety experts in Northern Ireland have warned, as spring calving gathers pace. People are required to work more closely with animals, often in confined spaces at a time when cows can be more protective […]
Opinion: Artificial intelligence will only go so far in farming
Farmers Weekly ChatGPT is causing a stir across the globe. It has been banned in China, in financial institutions on Wall Street and even in some schools here in the UK. It’s a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate responses to questions. It is designed to simulate a human conversation, and can be […]
BBC impartiality rules review reignites Packham row
Farmers Weekly More than 10,000 Dutch farmers travelled into The Hague to protest against government plans to cut nitrogen emissions, which they say will lead to the closure of many farms and hit food production. The Netherlands coalition government wants to buy up and forcibly shut down 3,000 farms it deems “peak polluters”. This is […]
Dutch farmers protest against government emissions targets
Farmers Weekly More than 10,000 Dutch farmers travelled into The Hague to protest against government plans to cut nitrogen emissions, which they say will lead to the closure of many farms and hit food production. The Netherlands coalition government wants to buy up and forcibly shut down 3,000 farms it deems “peak polluters”. This is […]