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Seeking farming family members bereaved by suicide
  Andrew Mole is an award-winning rural and regional journalist who has been working in agricultural and regional Australia for almost 30 years....
September 17, 2014
2014-09-16 Windy conditions for training run - Hamilton Spectator
Local runners and walkers braced windy conditions on September 8 to hear training tips, meet each other and practice for the upcoming Run 4 Farmer Health....
September 17, 2014
2014-09-16 Funding talks planned for National Centre for Farmer...
The Victorian Government says it is planning discussions with the Commonwealth about funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health. In July, the state and...
September 16, 2014
2014-09-12 Mepunga farmer Tania Nevill to run for farmer health in...
RUNNING in saturated shoes along the sodden shoulders of a bitumen road lined with fresh wintry dew has given dairy farmer Tania Nevill the best preparation...
September 12, 2014
2014-09-10 In it heart and sole - Weekly Times
RUNNING in saturated shoes along the sodden shoulders of a bitumen road lined with fresh wintry dew has given dairy farmer Tania Nevill the best preparation...
September 10, 2014
2014-08-28 Christel Smit-Kroner discusses farmers and sun exposure -...
Christel Smit-Kroner who is currently enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine, and completed core units HMF701 & HMF702 in...
September 2, 2014
2014-08-20 Promote farm safety culture - Stock and Land
A LECTURER from the National Centre for Farmer Health at Hamilton has told a farm safety conference that safety issues extend beyond the property gate. Dr...
August 21, 2014
2014-08-18 Canada adopts Australian farmer health program in global...
A farmer health program developed by the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) in regional Victoria is being rolled out to farmers in Canada. The...
August 19, 2014
2014-08-15 Exploring the ripple effect of rural suicide - ABC Bush...
It’s often said that country people are a resilient lot. Alison Kennedy has attempted to test this theory in an area that many people find difficult to...
August 18, 2014
2014-08-13 Life after suicide in farming communities, shaping...
It’s now widely known that suicide and accidental deaths are far more common in farming communities than in the general population. There is much...
August 13, 2014
2014-08-07 Mechanised modern farming puts Australian primary...
Australian farmers are at greater risk of high blood pressure and have higher rates of obesity than the general population. That’s according to Deakin...
August 7, 2014
Farm Safety & Trauma Forum
“Keeping kids free from harm on the farm” Please join in this FREE multidisciplinary forum where we will provide a comprehensive overview of the...
July 29, 2014