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Grazing livestock on land crossed by public rights of way (PROW) brings both responsibilities and risks. Health & Safety Advisor Jo Hawkins explains those responsibilities and how you can manage the safety of both the public and your livestock. 

Bicton College student Tia Whitrow has been named Cornish Mutual South West Agricultural Student of the Year. As a prize for this prestigious award, Tia will receive funding to attend a leading agricultural event of her choosing.

Among the numerous hazards on a farm are harmful substances. Coming in many forms, Health & Safety Advisor Amy Jasper explains the regulations around these materials and what they mean for handling them on farm.  

Professor John Gilliland strongly believes in the need to ‘measure to manage’ and says if you have “good knowledge you make good decisions”. In this episode of Farming Focus™, he shared his views on using data to inform decision-making, using examples from his extensive and varied background.

A series of Farming Focus™ described as ‘rich and varied’ with insights and innovation from across the farming world, podcast host Peter Green picks five episodes to revisit with farmer and independent strategic advisor Emily Norton in this series finale. They discuss what’s been learnt and what it all means for the future of farming.

Enterprise stacking is a form of farm diversification with integration and sustainability at its heart. Farmers Tim May and Dave Oates told the Farming Focus™ podcast how they’re stacking enterprises on their farms to build business resilience.

Having grown up on a dairy farm and worked in several other farming businesses, it wasn’t until Andrew Sincock moved into the commercial world, he began to appreciate the manure he’d been surrounded by in his former life. He shares what he’s learnt on Farming Focus™. “My interest in organic manures started really when I joined Agriton. Of all the products they supplied, one really caught my eye and stood out as being very different, very interesting, very simple,” explained Andrew.

In a Farming Focus™ bonus episode, Mel Bradley and Ben Mortimer return to the podcast to discuss the main considerations and practical aspects of starting and running a successful farm cluster group, based on their experiences with the Kenn Valley group in Devon.