Farmers asked to respond to farm risks as public did to Covid-19 risks

Faced with an overwhelming public health imperative, practices such as physical distancing, coughing etiquette, and hand sanitising, became the norm.

In one of his last initiatives as Agriculture Minister,  Michael Creed joined Heather Humphreys and Northern Ireland Ministers Edwin Poots and Diane Dodds in calling for farmers to respond to farm accidents just as the public did to Covid-19. Picture: Michelle Devane/PA Wire

The remarkable and successful level of public awareness of the need to flatten the Covid infection curve must be matched by farmers in order to reduce farm accidents, said four government ministers who came together last week to highlight the need for farmers to play their part in reducing farm accidents.