EXCLUSIVE - Jill Hewitt on farm safety: "How much loss do we need to bear to create meaningful and lasting culture change which will save lives?"

NAAC chief executive Jill Hewitt writes on the 19 confirmed deaths on-farm since April 1 and why the farming sector must change its culture to health and safety

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Jill Hewitt, chief executive at the National Association of Agricultural Contractors, said: "No one goes out in the morning expecting an incident to happen, yet we go about farming thinking it will not happen to us. Yet it happens to someone. Again, and again."
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Jill Hewitt, chief executive at the National Association of Agricultural Contractors, said: "No one goes out in the morning expecting an incident to happen, yet we go about farming thinking it will not happen to us. Yet it happens to someone. Again, and again."

What needs to happen to change safety culture on-farm? It seems that 19 deaths in less than six months may not be enough. LISTEN NOW: Two children have been killed during this time. Is this...

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