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2017-02-21: Farm safety is goal of Nuffield Scholar Jim Chapman who...
In 2005 British farmer Jim Chapman lost his left arm after he got too close to an unguarded tractor shaft.   AUDIO: A Big Country: Spreading the farm safe...
February 28, 2017
2017-02-09: Suicide is real, it's time to talk - Hamilton Spectator
By Tara Fry
February 13, 2017
2017-02-07: Sungold Field Days renews itself again - The Standard
by Everard Himmelreich Sungold Field Days chairman Tony Rea doesn’t like to highlight new things at the event too much because “every exhibitor has...
February 7, 2017
Farmer Health eNews February 2017
Find out all the latest from the National Centre for Farmer Health Sungold Field Days 8 – 10th February 2017 Site N36 Spread the Ripple Keep in touch...
February 1, 2017
2017-01-30: Farmer suicide: Participants needed for The Ripple Effect...
By: HANNAH DRISCOLL, The Weekly Times A SURVEY aimed at reducing farmer suicide needs more men to take part. The Ripple Effect online survey aims to...
January 30, 2017
2017-01-30: Live Rural to help with farmers’ study - The Ararat...
Applications have opened for the next round of Live Rural study scholarships following the 2016 Mellow in the Yellow fundraiser at Tatyoon. The program will...
January 30, 2017
2017-01-18: Seeds sown for new crop of agri-health professionals -...
Australia’s only postgraduate agricultural health and medicine unit for professionals servicing farming communities is attracting participants from across...
January 18, 2017
2017-01-01: Rural prosperity: Delivering the milk of humane kindness...
by SUE NEALES Reporter – Rural/Regional Affairs It often takes a crisis to catalyse major change. For Gippsland’s Sallie Jones and Steve Ronalds, it...
January 17, 2017
2017-01-16: Seminars for Murraylands and Mallee farmers - The Murray...
Livestock feeding and supplementing is the topic of a sheep and beef seminar to be held in Tailem Bend in February. Hosted by Advantage Feeders, Lienert...
January 16, 2017
Farmer Health eNews January 2017
Find out all the latest from the National Centre for Farmer Health 2017 HMF701 Agricultural Health & Medicine ENROLMENTS OPEN! Farmers… You would...
January 1, 2017
2016-12-16: Opening up the conversation about rural suicide -...
By Alison Kennedy Every person in a rural farming community knows someone who has taken their life. Many more have attempted suicide or had thoughts of taking...
December 20, 2016
2016-12-12: The Ripple Effect: Helping farming communities deal with...
BY KAREN PERCY Jack and Betty Kenna know first hand that there is nothing more painful than watching a child suffer from mental illness. Their 23-year-old...
December 12, 2016