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Health-related quality of life within agriculture in England and Wales: results from a EQ-5D-3L self-report questionnaire by Wheeler, Rebecca, Lobley, Matt

“…Abstract Background Mental and physical health problems among the farming community are well documented but there is limited evidence regarding the overall…”
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The role of the livestock auction mart in promoting help-seeking behavior change among farmers in the UK by Nye, Caroline, Winter, Michael, Lobley, Matt

“…Certain physical and mental health issues are particularly prevalent in farming occupations, yet frequently, farmers, particularly males, are resistant to…”
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Managing extreme weather and climate change in UK agriculture: Impacts, attitudes and action among farmers and stakeholders by Wheeler, Rebecca, Lobley, Matt

“…Although the need for agriculture to adapt to climate change is well established, there is relatively little research within a UK context that explores how the…”
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Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: The case of decision support tools in UK agriculture by Rose, David C., Morris, Carol, Lobley, Matt, Winter, Michael, Sutherland, William J., Dicks, Lynn V.

“…•Scholarship on decision support tools in agriculture suffers from pro-innovation bias.•Decision support tools can be shaped through user…”
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Agricultural change and restructuring: recent evidence from a survey of agricultural households in England by Lobley, Matt, Potter, Clive

“…Despite widespread speculation about the likely future extent of agricultural restructuring in the UK, researchers and policymakers are surprisingly ignorant…”
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The Morphology of Multiple Household Family Farms by Moreno-Pérez, Olga M., Lobley, Matt

“…This article endeavours to illuminate a largely underexplored area of family farming research; that of multiple‐household arrangements at the farm level. The…”
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Farm Succession and Retirement: Some International Comparisons by Matt Lobley, John R. Baker, Ian Whitehead

“…The increasing age of farmers and the reluctance to transfer management from the owning generation to the successor generation has been well documented by…”
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Anxiety and Associated Stressors Among Farm Women in England and Wales by Wheeler, Rebecca, Lobley, Matt

“…The findings presented here derive from a wider study that sought to establish a baseline understanding of mental health and wellbeing among the agricultural…”
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Agriculture 4.0: Making it work for people, production, and the planet by Rose, David Christian, Wheeler, Rebecca, Winter, Michael, Lobley, Matt, Chivers, Charlotte-Anne

“…•Social sustainability is missing from current agriculture 4.0 debates.•Agriculture 4.0 will have significant social implications.•Multiple stakeholders should…”
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‘It's a lonely old world’: Developing a multidimensional understanding of loneliness in farming by Wheeler, Rebecca, Lobley, Matt, McCann, Jude, Phillimore, Alex

“…This article develops a multidimensional understanding of loneliness in farming communities, based on qualitative research with the UK farming community. It…”
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Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery by Rose, David C., Sutherland, William J., Parker, Caroline, Lobley, Matt, Winter, Michael, Morris, Carol, Twining, Susan, Ffoulkes, Charles, Amano, Tatsuya, Dicks, Lynn V.

“…Decision support tools, usually considered to be software-based, may be an important part of the quest for evidence-based decision-making in agriculture to…”
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Agricultural restructuring in a Devon Parish: A new chapter in an old story by Winter, Michael, Chiswell, Hannah, Wilkinson, Timothy, Wheeler, Rebecca, Lobley, Matt

“…The structure of the agricultural industry has undergone significant change over the last century, both in the UK and internationally, with post-war shifts…”
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Farmers Supporting Farmers: Livestock Auctions as Spaces to Reconstruct Occupational Community and Counter Mental Health Issues by Nye, Caroline, Winter, Michael, Lobley, Matt

“…Social isolation within agricultural communities is prevalent within the United Kingdom (UK). Along with other social and economic determinants, social…”
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How can academic research on UK agri-environment schemes pivot to meet the addition of climate mitigation aims? by Clements, Jen, Lobley, Matt, Osborne, Juliet, Wills, Jane

“…Agri-environment schemes were introduced in the UK in the 1980s as a response to the widespread environmental damage caused by post-war farming practices…”
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A Recruitment Crisis in Agriculture? A Reply to Heike Fischer and Rob J.F. Burton's Understanding Farm Succession as Socially Constructed Endogenous Cycles by Chiswell, Hannah Marie, Lobley, Matt

“…This short article responds to Fischer and Burton's article, ‘Understanding farm succession as socially constructed endogenous cycles’, featured in the last…”
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Transforming public food procurement: Stakeholder understandings of barriers and opportunities for more localised procurement by Wilkinson, Timothy J., Nye, Caroline, Lobley, Matt, West, Harry G., Clappison, Andrew, Hilton, Jed, Goodwin, Amanda

“…Green and sustainable food procurement has benefits for human health, the environment and economies. Public sector actors have purchasing power behind…”
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Landscapes of support for farming mental health: Adaptability in the face of crisis by Shortland, Faye, Hall, Jilly, Hurley, Paul, Little, Ruth, Nye, Caroline, Lobley, Matt, Rose, David Christian

“…Poor mental health is an important and increasingly prevalent issue facing the farming industry. The adaptability of what we, in this article, describe as…”
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The contribution of organic farming to rural development: An exploration of the socio-economic linkages of organic and non-organic farms in England by Lobley, Matt, Butler, Allan, Reed, Matt

“…Organic farming has experienced considerable growth in recent years. Proponents of organic farming point to the environmental and nutritional benefits of…”
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Training as a social purpose: are economic and social benefits delivered? by Butler, Allan, Lobley, Matt

“…This paper reports original research which measures the social and economic impact of training and skills development on individuals who participated in…”
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“It's Definitely a Good Time to Be a Farmer”: Understanding the Changing Dynamics of Successor Creation in Late Modern Society by Chiswell, Hannah M., Lobley, Matt

“…This article considers the implications of the wider systemic shift from modernity to late modernity for the process of intergenerational farm transfer. The…”
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