News & Updates

Safer Farms Chair Lindy Nelson was featured in the latest issue of Safeguard. Read her interview here.

Safer Farms has partnered with ACC to create these 'Have a Hmmm' videos for the farming industry. Otago sheep & beef farmer Emma, and Southland dairy farmer Jon, take us through some Have A Hmmm moments on farm.

Farmers are being urged to “take a moment” as the sector heads into the traditional peak period for injuries and fatalities. Safer Farms, the industry-led organisation dedicated to fostering a safer farming culture across New Zealand, is encouraging farmers to pause, think through a plan, share it with others and set the job up right before getting underway.

Safer Farms attended The Canterbury Show last week, taking the opportunity to connect with the rural community.

Take part in our Annual Farmer and Grower Survey, and be in to win one of five great prizes.

The Safer Rides initiative, which offered farmers heavily discounted crush protection devices (CPDs) for quad bikes, has made a significant impact in raising awareness and action around farm vehicle safety, according to a new report.

Potatoes NZ hosted a webinar with Safer Farms, to learn more about what we do, and what resources are available to growers.

Safer Farms will be attending the Canterbury A&P show this year, 13-15 November.

Earlier this month Safer Farms went along to Rural Days in Feilding. It was a great opportunity to connect with the local farming community. The day was a great opportunity to raise awareness and promote safer practices across a broader rural audience.

Join Safer Farms’ Rachael Russell and Natalie Bowie for a session about who Safer Farms are and what we do, on Wednesday, 29 October.

A historical seasonal issue involving rollovers of quad bikes towing calf feed trailers has prompted a Safety Alert from Safer Farms, the industry-led organisation dedicated to fostering a safer farming culture across New Zealand.

Are you interested in having a say in the development of harm prevention initiatives in the farming sector? We’re looking for motivated farmers to be part of our Farmer & Grower Reference Group to help provide practical, real-world input into the initiatives we are developing with the sector for farmers.

WorkSafe is looking for input from farmers to help inform new health and safety guidance for agriculture.

Safer Farms, the industry-led organisation dedicated to fostering a safer farming culture, supports the Government’s targeted consultation with farmers and theagriculture sector to ensure health and safety rules reflect the reality of life on New Zealand farms.

Safer Farms wrote a guest blog post for Yellow Wellies in the UK during their 2025 Farm Safety Week about the experiences of health & safety on New Zealand farms.

Former rally driver and sheep farmer Rhys Gardner has poured the knowledge he has gained from those careers into developing three-dimensional virtual reality (VR) experiences of operating vehicles in ‘real life’ situations. Now he’s teamed up with Safer Farms to provide that technology for farmers to experience at the upcoming Mystery Creek Fieldays® from 11-14 June.

ACC and Safer Farms have announced a new partnership to reduce harm, injuries, and fatalities in the agricultural sector.

Farmers are being encouraged to share their first-hand experiences about reducing harm on farms, particularly when using vehicles.

In this Up Our Game workshop, we continued the discussion around having good safety conversations on farm.

This Up Our Game Workshop focused on having good safety conversations. A key insight from this session was that health and safety is the outcome of great work.

Our first Farm without Harm 'Up Our Game' webinar focused on “Where to start?”. We took it right back to basics, asking our panellists what good calls we can be making at the beginning of every day to protect our people.

In 2023, Safer Farms held an online hui to support and enable farmers to make good calls when it comes to on-farm safety for our children.

A message to members to wrap 2022

It was an absolute delight to see so many of our members attend the Safer Farms members hui in person in Wellington.

Safer Farms is reinforcing the value of crush protection devices (CPDs) on quad bikes and urging farmers to take advantage of a cash back offer.