Mental health and wellbeing

From 15 – 19 February 2021, the Farm Safety Foundation (also known as Yellow Wellies) will launch their fourth annual Mind Your Head campaign to illustrate actions being taken to break down mental health barriers in farming.…

RABI has launched the largest ever survey of its kind in England and Wales, with a target of achieving 26,000 responses from farming people.

RABI’s new online wellbeing and counselling platform has seen a 90 percent return rate since launching in October.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RABI) has commissioned England and Wales' largest ever research project into farmer well-being.

Despites Congress passing an amended version of the HEROES Act on 1 October, President Trump is refusing to move the law forward until after the election.

The Farming Community Network's (FCN) helpline reports that mental health queries now make up the majority of calls.

Over 30 percent of French and German farmers are reported as feeling demotivated because of “agri-bashing”.

The EU Farmers Confidence Barometer survey was carried out over the first semester of 2020 across ten EU Member States and showed a slight lift in farmers’ moods compared to that of autumn 2019.

I read with great interest the article by Larry Rueff, DVM, about the effects of COVID-19 on the folks that grow and process our food. It hit close to home. The article got me to thinking about just how fragile things ar…

Farmers are inherently independent. Isolation is often linked to impacts on mental health and loss of life by suicide.

The donation was made through The Wishbone Project and will support critical mental health initiatives across Canada.

Editor’s note: This article was written by a veterinarian for the website, Pig Health Today. We thought its stirring, heartfelt message would be meaningful to our readers in the poultry industry.As I write this article, …

Farm Gate host ffinlo Costain speaks with Graham Morgan MBE about farming, mental health, and mental illness.

New figures reveal unprecedented link between poor mental health and farm safety.

The NFU calls for the UK government to prioritise rural connectivity as survey results indicate that more than 4 in 10 farmers don't have enough broadband to conduct their businesses effectively.

The first podcast dedicated to rural Scotland and its varied industries has been launched today (13 January).

A producer in North Carolina has lost approximately 19,000 chickens in what appears to have been an electrical fire.

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) customers facing financial setbacks due to circumstances beyond their control can depend on Canada’s leading agriculture lender to help them get back on track, FCC announced today.

US Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and several other House members today introduced a bipartisan bill to reform the agricultural labor system in the United States.