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Fred Collins

Fred Collins (1925–2006), longtime NBC Radio staff announcer known as "the voice of the NBC Peacock," celebrated as the host/announcer of the Golden Age sci-fi programs Dimension X and X Minus One.

Jul 21, 2026

Farming Focus

Farming Focus

Farm safety: When rushing changes everything

Jul 21 · 27m

Peter Green
Peter GreenHOST
9:36
Could you tell us a little bit about your farm, first of all, so listeners can understand a little bit more about the business?
Fred CollinsGUEST
9:42
Quite an old-fashioned farm I've got.
Fred CollinsGUEST
9:44
I milk about 45 cows in the winter and sort of about 60, 70 in the summer.
Fred CollinsGUEST
9:49
About 130, 140 head of cattle.
Fred CollinsGUEST
9:53
I rear everything I put to dairy, to dairy short, and I then rear the young stock on.
Fred CollinsGUEST
9:58
And then as they calve down, the overflow heifers I have in the autumn, I usually sell at market, and that helps top the milk price up because there's no money in small-scale farming like I am.
Fred CollinsGUEST
10:09
I try to do as much as the work, tractor-wise and everything else.
Peter Green
Peter GreenHOST
13:34
What do you think it is that makes people, and I guess farmers in particular, take shortcuts? Is it just that busyness?

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