Fit2Farm

Good organisation is key to any farming business and good health and safety goes hand in hand with farm efficiency. Small changes are often not expensive and can make a big difference. I have [...]

Harry Runciman studied Agricultural Mechanisation at Harper Adams and is now a Feedstock Manager for Future Biogas. In his vlog Harry talks about the steps he takes, to ensure that his staff [...]

James Chapman highlights the dangers of farming with his own poignant story Probably the best known Farm Safety Ambassador is Warwickshire farmer James Chapman, former National Chairman of NFYFC [...]

When a vet arrives on farm they are not only arriving at a business, but also a home. Many farms have been with the same practice for many years and so vets and farmers have often grown their [...]

As rain keeps on falling, the challenges of Autumn 2019 keep testing us further and it is all too easy for frustration and negative thoughts to creep into minds of farmers and people working [...]

Yorkshire Rural Support Network has been organising free health checks (in collaboration with funders) for farming family members, throughout Yorkshire, for the last ten years. We know that [...]

People often ask me why I go to the gym when I have such an active job, and the answer is simple. I love it. They ask me how I find time, and the answer is I make time, because it’s important not [...]

James Daniel is Founder of Precision Grazing. He grew up on a family farm in Cornwall and studied at Harper Adams University. He was introduced to managed grazing systems in New Zealand in 2015 [...]

As many people say, “farming isn’t a job, it’s a lifestyle”, so how will improving a farmer’s physical fitness, benefit his/her lifestyle? Physical strains or damage are more of [...]

Levels of depression in the farming industry are thought to be increasing, with suicide rates among farmers among the highest in any occupational group. More than one farmer a week in the UK dies [...]