The number of deaths on Irish farms has declined this year by 44%.
There have been ten deaths on farms this year compared with 18 the previous year.
Teagasc's Health and Safety Officer John McNamara said the trend in farm deaths must be tempered by the knowledge that too many tragic accidents occur on farms each year.
In addition to the ten deaths, an estimated 1,800 accidents causing serious injury, suffering and disability occur each year.
Mr McNamara has called for extra vigilance over the winter months.
He said that a quarter of all farm deaths take place in the months of January, February and March.
January is a high-risk month because of the increasing workload after the Christmas period.
A joint prevention initiative to cut accident levels on farms is being undertaken by Teagasc and the Health and Safety Authority.
