Fitness drive down on the farm

Farmers need to place more emphasis on their health for quality of life and farm-production reasons.

That’s one of the messages, along with calls for a greater awareness of farm safety, that is being given out at shows and other rural gatherings this year.

Teagasc health and safety specialist John McNamara, said recently that research from Ireland and internationally indicates that poor health leads to reduced capacity to undertake farm work.