Just Talk Agriculture

17/12/2025

This Christmas, as tables fill and homes grow warm, it is worth pausing to thank the farmers who make it all possible. Long before the season of celebration arrives, they have already given a year of early mornings, late nights, and quiet perseverance.
Their work unfolds under open skies, guided not by certainty but by hope, always at the mercy of Mother Nature and her shifting moods.

Farming is an act of faith. Each season brings its own risks, weather that won’t cooperate, markets that change without warning, and a future that can feel uncertain no matter how carefully it’s planned.
Yet still, they show up. Day after day, month after month, they tend the land and care for their animals, driven by a deep responsibility to feed others.

What often goes unseen is the weight they carry alongside the work. The pressure to provide, the isolation, the worry that comes with forces beyond their control, all of it takes its toll. Mental health has its place in farming life, even when it’s rarely spoken of, and the strength farmers show includes continuing on through those struggles as much as through the physical labor.

This Christmas, as we enjoy incredible food grown with patience and dedication, may we offer our gratitude not just for what farmers produce, but for the resilience, courage, and care they invest all year long. Their work nourishes more than our plates, it sustains our communities, our traditions, and the future itself.

Thank you to our amazing farmers!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year. 🎅 🎉

🚜🌱🌾🇬🇧



The Farming Community Network

15/12/2025

10/12/2025

Be there for a mate. Be that open ear to offer support and reach out if you aren’t feeling yourself. 🤍 🌾

The Farming Community Network

27/11/2025

Be there for one another, through these times of hardship and uncertainty.

Take your time making decisions, don’t rush yourself. Speak to those around you, start that conversation; “how you going mate?”

Small steps make the biggest impact. 🤍

26/11/2025

Here for you mate. Don’t struggle alone 🤍 📞

Call and check in on them. Talk it over, a problem shared is a problem halved. 🤍🫂

The Farming Community Network

26/11/2025

As the upcoming budget changes loom, farmers across the country are standing together, united in their efforts to support one another.

With uncertainty surrounding tax changes and the future of British farming, they’re checking in on each other—sharing advice, offering reassurance, and working as a collective to navigate the financial shifts.
It’s a reminder that in tough times, solidarity can be just as important as the land they work.

Together, we are facing the future with resilience. With a strong will to right what has become such a burden and worry to many families across the industry.

Standing together, united as one. 🤍

Check in on your mates these coming weeks. Drop them a message or a call, be there for them when they may need you most.

The Farming Community Network

09/11/2025

We honour and remember the sacrifices made by those who fought and those who continue to fight.

We will remember them. ❤️



10/10/2025

Today is world Mental Health Awareness day. 🤍

As we all know too well; mental health unfortunately does not exist for one day of the year.
For many it is a constant and silent battle.

Make sure to take the time to reach out and phone a mate. Even if they may seem ok on the outside. You never know how someone may be feeling and it may just help you too.

One conversation can be the positive impact needed to change someone’s life for the better.

Now more than ever with such wide spread awareness and better understanding people will be that ear to listen.

If you may be struggling, try a walk outside to clear your head, have a go at something new. Maybe a new club or activity, a change may be a great way to help boost not only confidence in yourself but your ability to be able to openly talk to those around you.

Everyone is so proud of you, keep going

Love you mate 🤍



The Farming Community Network
Back British Farming & Mental Health
Farm Safety Foundation - Yellow Wellies

05/10/2025

United together, farming as one 🤍

In the run up to world mental health awareness day make sure to check in on your mates. It isn’t just for a day so be that ear for when they need you and reach out if you feel you may need it.

It’s ok not to be ok. Let’s do this together 🤝

04/10/2025

Today we welcome Tom Ware onto the R2Kast! 🎙️ A 22 year old farmer from Nottinghamshire, Tom has carved a unique path across contracting, drone photography, gin making, and social media, while also becoming a strong voice for mental health in agriculture. 🚜📸

We talk about his adventures in Australia, from 60,000 acre farms and endless combine hours to the simplicity of just posting on Facebook and landing a job. Tom shares the beauty and challenge of farming at that scale, and how those experiences shaped his outlook back home. 🌏🌾

At home, Tom’s story takes another turn as he speaks about the heartbreaking loss of two close friends, Len and Harvey, in separate tragic circumstances. Out of that grief, Tom created Just Talk Agri, a platform for farmers to share honestly about mental health. His words on resilience, loss, and the importance of talking are powerful and deeply moving. 💚🙏

We also cover drones, gin making, sheep work, and the variety that makes farming life so unpredictable and rewarding. This episode is raw, open, and inspiring, exactly what conversations in agriculture need to be. 🌅✨

Enjoy! 😊

30/09/2025

With the busy workload continuing make sure to keep talking and reach out if you feel you may need it. 🚜🌾

We are so proud of you. 🤍

29/09/2025

Feel like you might be falling behind or just not feeling 100% at university or collage?

Reach out speak to those around you on your course or have a chat with your lecturers.

They are there to help you and listen. 🤍