Everything you need to know about plans for England’s first farming health hub

Martin Howlett, a mixed livestock farmer and chairman of R.A.B.I’s Cornwall committee, said: “Life within the vast majority of family farms revolves around the day-to-day routine of tending stock, seasonal periods of calving and lambing, plus the harvesting of crops – all physical & demanding work.

"Financial impacts of markets, weather and disease threats, each add to the challenges of cash flow within the farm business.

“But it is so often to the detriment of health and wellbeing of each and any member of the family team, that can so easily jeopardise the whole farm business. Having access to a Farming Health Hub here in Cornwall is most welcome and ultimately a lifeline for agriculture.”

Chris Riddle, Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association and former R.A.B.I chairman, added: “Initiatives such as this are a very welcome added resource and source of reassurance and support to the farming community, many of whom work in often quite isolated situations where the pressures of modern farming and business life can, at times, be rather overwhelming.”

For more information about the Farming Health Hub, visit their website.