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Farmers: Mental Health and Productivity

Asked by Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 85521

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83644 on Farmers: Mental Health, if she will commission research to review the link between agricultural workers' mental health and changes in agricultural output.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

We have no plans to do so. Production levels are influenced by a range of factors including the weather and market prices. We regularly liaise with farming welfare charities and industry stakeholder groups to understand the issues affecting farmers’ mental health and any impacts resulting from poor mental health.

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