by FRS Farm Relief Services | Apr 27, 2016 | Farm Services Archives
FRS Training (Farm Relief Services), and the HSA (Health and Safety Authority) are rolling up their sleeves and mucking in to bring practical interactive farm safety demonstrations to the forefront of this year’s FTMA Grass and Muck on the 12th of May in Gurteen, Co....
by FRS Farm Relief Services | Jan 26, 2016 | Farm Services Archives
This year, the 8th annual all Ireland final of the Farm relief Services Memorial Scholarship took place at the Teagsac Colleges Challenge Day in Clonakilty Agricultural College on Tuesday January 12th. At just twenty three years of age, Charles Cooney, a beef and...
by Jane Marks | Jan 12, 2016 | Farm Services Archives, Farm Services News & Articles, Membership Benefit Scheme
Recent figures from the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that fatalities in agriculture were down 40% on 2014. 18 deaths were reported in 2015 in comparison to 30 in 2014. For the sixth year in a row, figures show that agriculture holds the record for the...
by Jane Marks | Jun 12, 2015 | Farm Services Archives
Rain and warm humid weather are ideal conditions for the development of infectious diseases during these summer months. Worm infections in particular are widespread. As summer progresses calves eat more grass and the risk of infection rises. Stomach worm can...
