Health and Safety

The numbers are horrendous - 14 people killed in agriculture in 2022, five deaths on farms in the first three months of 2023 and 41 farmers lost in the last five years.

Harriet Bremner warns of the dangers of meth use in the dairying industry.

The efforts farmers have put into making their artificial breeding (AB) facilities safer for technicians has had a dramatic effect on reducing injuries, reports Anne Lee.

Peter Moore has a powerful incentive to put health and safety front and centre onfarm. By Anne Lee.

Almost half the injuries onfarm during milking are from attaching clusters and DairyNZ, along with a group of industry stakeholders, are looking at ways of making milking safer. By Karen Trebilcock.