THE Farm Safety Partnership has launched Northern Ireland's first 'PTO Safety Week' to take place later this month. PTO stands for 'power take-off' shaft which is the power source for many machines ...

A ground-breaking farm safety scheme pioneered by Devon young farmers in tribute to one of their members is to be rolled out nationally. The Growing Safer Farmers scheme was launched earlier this year ...

Cambridgeshire farmer Tom Martin has called upon agricultural machinery manufacturers to commit to making zero profit on replacement pto guards, and to sell the life and limb saving equipment to ...

During this celebrated age of immense power, size, speed and amazing equipment capabilities, danger and agriculture still have much in common. A great deal of food production involves tilling, ...

Often hay and forage crops are grown on ground too rough, steep or unsuitable for row crops. This makes field and machine preparations especially important for safe operation. Some steps to help ...