Cancer: Why some farmers tell the vet before the doctor

The Farming Community Network is helping to train vets to recognise potential signs of cancer in farmers

On farms, there is always some pressing urgency or emergency. Livestock comes first. Weather comes first. Silage comes first. The result is the farmer's own health often gets shuffled lower and lower down the list.

I had an eye-opening conversation at a reception at Balmoral Show last week.

I was making small talk with the others around the table when a young woman mentioned her organisation, the Farming Community Network, was helping to train vets to recognise potential signs of cancer in farmers.