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In a bid to help tackle the number of accidents that take place on farms, agricultural colleges are continuing to highlight the issue among students.
The number of fatal accidents on farms is refusing to drop, with 160 people killed in the last five years, according to the Health and Safety Executive. Farm safety experts spent a day working with around 60 Agriculture apprentices and...
A new leadership course is set to give young people a leg-up in the rural industry, by developing their management and communication skills. The Leadership and Management Programme (LAMP...
A group of innovative current and former Duchy College agriculture degree students from across Devon and Cornwall have formed ‘Counties Connect’, a discussion group with the aim of...
The Worshipful Company of Farmers’ 21st Challenge of Rural Leadership coordinated by the RBS took place in January at Dartington Hall in Devon; the 2017 cohort of 18 delegates included a broad...
Hundreds of people marked the arrival of spring by donning their wellies and greeting the new arrivals at Duchy College Stoke Climsland’s famous Family Farm Day.
The annual event gave...
New Version of the Farm Crap App to be launched this spring
The Farm Crap App Pro will be launched at the industry's Grassland and Muck event...
New Survey launched to find out advisor's views on GHGs
The...
The success of our 2016 graduates was celebrated at the Degree Awards ceremony at Truro Cathedral on 19th November.
This was an excellent chance to find out what...
Ruth Wills from Liskeard, a student on Duchy College’s B Sc (Hons) Rural Business Management course was presented with the 2016 Farm Health Management Award at the Livestock Event at the NEC in...
You can’t be Green if you are in the Red: Talking carbon and climate with Australian farmers
By Becky Willson, Technical Specialist
At the end of last...