Series 1 Episode 5: Planning for Success

Richard McCornick farms at Barnbackle Farm, Lochfoot and is the Dumfries Monitor Farm. During the Monitor Farm programme, the family have transitioned through succession and now looking to fine tune the system to optimise grass growth and have the right livestock to maintain output in this system. Listen now to hear how putting pen to paper has helped Richard put figures behind that 'farmers feel'. Join us next week for a bonus episode, and part 2 of this episode, where we will be joined by Katie Denholm, University of Glasgow and Ali Haggerty, Stewartry Vets talking all things lamb survival.