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Farmers are no longer encouraging their children to follow in their footsteps as they do not want them to suffer the same pressures they are currently facing, MPs have been told.

The Environment Agency has taken steps to ensure farmers’ mental health is considered when enforcement action is pursued.

A Cumbrian farmer looking to lose weight is donating the money he would have spent on unnecessary food to the Farming Community Network (FCN) charity. 

A 130-mile egg and spoon relay has raised more than £6,000 for the mental health charity You Are Not Alone (YANA).

This week is Mental Health Awareness week (May 9 – 15) where people in the UK are encouraged to raise awareness of mental health issues and help break the stigma that still surrounds mental health.

Three young farmers have completed a 29-hour milking marathon, raising more than £3,000 for the 51AVÊÓƵSafety Foundation (FSF).

A lack of appreciation of the importance of food production in Government and wider society is fuelling a mental health crisis among farmworkers, according to industry experts.

A fourth-generation Welsh dairy farmer who has lost his entire herd to bovine tuberculosis is calling on farmers to come together to demand a change in Government policy.

A 25-year-old young farmer from Wales sadly took his own life last Friday night (April 29). 

The NFU poultry team is embarking on a 130-mile egg and spoon relay in memory of former board member and Poultry Industry Programme (PIP) chair Patrick Joice.