The Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans announced earlier this week that a new farming connect framework will commence in October 2015. This new framework will be a collaboration of Mentor a Busnes and Lantra to deliver funding and training via various mediums including your current Lantra training provider. We will be here […]
Put your pesticides training to the test by marking public footpaths across your land. Did you know that the landowners’ single farm payment will be affected if landowners/occupiers fail to comply with the following responsibility; Headland paths must not be ploughed in any circumstances and left undisturbed to at least their minimum width as defined […]
The third annual Farm Safety Week will run from 6 to 10 July 2015. Agriculture has the worst record for safety of any occupation in the UK and Ireland so it’s time to get involved, you only have to look at recent HSE cases/prosecutions and their associated fines served on farmers who have put their […]
The world’s population is predicted to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, that’s a lot of mouths to feed. The figures come with problems, if the population rise stays on course we faced with all kinds of issues, such as quality of life, depletion of natural resources and general strain on the earth, but with growth […]
Safety should always come first in all workplaces. The farming industry revolves around physical work, this results in many possible hazards. The farming industry has seen a huge rise in personal injury insurance claims. Many of which are having lifetime effects on those injured and their family and friends. The newly founded NFU Mutual Farm […]
