Agriland Media Group is delighted to launch a new, limited farm safety series in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Produced by Agriland Media Group, the new ‘Farm Safety Survivor Series’ is a four-part podcast, video and editorial series to promote more awareness of farm safety.
Agriland news journalist, Rubina Freiberg will host a series of podcasts each of which will focus on a specific area of farm safety, covering the topics of livestock, machinery, slurry, and mental health.
In each of the four podcasts, listeners will hear from farmers sharing their story of a farm accident, as well as from experts in one of the specific areas of farm safety.
Every episode of the new series will include an article providing tips and advice on one of the farm safety topics, a preview video of a farmer’s story, as well as a podcast.
Farm Safety Survivor Series
The first episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series with a focus on safe livestock handling will go live on the Agriland app, Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts at 6:00p.m today (Wednesday, October 2).
The series will kick off with an article providing tips on safe livestock handling, including a preview video in which beef farmer Mick O’Dea from Co. Laois will speak about a bull attack in 2019.
The article focusing on livestock will be followed by a podcast in which listeners will hear O’Dea’s full story of the farm accident in which he was seriously injured.
The first podcast will also feature Teagasc health and safety specialist, John McNamara, who will offer tips and advice on the safe handling of bulls, and livestock in general.
Episodes dedicated to machinery, slurry, and mental health as part of the new, limited Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland will be published in the coming weeks.