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Farm kids not immune to farm stressors

CASA on Farm Safety: New study shows risks for youths on the farm go beyond just physical well-being

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association July 20, 2024

They say it takes a village to raise a child. And a new study is highlighting that notion when it comes to mental in farm youth, revealing that children aren’t immune to stressors on the family farm The study, from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explores how economic stressors affect the mental health of farmers […] Read more

Children and youth need to be involved in conversations about farm safety —and that means being honest with them about the potential dangers on the farm.

Wheat & Chaff

“One decision changed my life”

A farm accident survivor on the need to keep farm kids safe

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, Erin Kelly June 20, 2024

Bailey Kemery knows how quickly a farm accident can happen and change a life forever. It was April 1994, and Kemery, who was four years old, was playing on a parked tractor-driven rototiller that was still running on her family’s grain farm near Major, Sask. Her parents were standing not too far away. When the […] Read more

Columns, Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Rant: Strike one, two, three, et cetera

By Dave Bedard May 28, 2024

By the time the paper version of this issue reaches you (around May 28), we’ll probably know whether Canada’s rail engineers, conductors and yard workers have reached a new collective bargaining agreement, or hit the picket line for yet another strike, or been legislated back to work. Prairie grain farmers have already seen this movie […] Read more

Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

Auto dealership chain expands

By Scott Garvey May 28, 2024

Ag equipment dealerships are now dominated by multi-store retailers. Some of them, such as the Rocky Mountain CNH dealership chain in Canada and Titan in the U.S., have grown to become dominant in several regions, pushing dealership networks to previously unheard-of sizes. The same is becoming true in the automotive world. Edmonton-based Go Auto, which […] Read more

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Broadleaf herbicide formulations set for cereal crops

Corteva, Adama launch new combination products

By Dave Bedard May 28, 2024

A combo of Group 4 and 2 actives is Corteva Agriscience’s latest entry for spring and winter wheat and barley growers in the Prairies’ Black and Grey soil zones to use against broadleaf weeds. Extinguish XL, launched in mid-March, is billed as a “pre-formulated, all-in-one application that delivers control of tough weeds like cleavers, dandelion, […] Read more

New Soil King VF tires from Nokian are now available in eight sizes for high-horsepower tractors.

Machinery, Traction & Compaction, Wheat & Chaff

New tires from Nokian

By Scott Garvey May 28, 2024

Nokian is introducing its new Soil King Flexforce VF tires for high-horsepower tractors. It first displayed them at Agritechnica 2023. The tires were also tested in Germany at the independent DLG (German Agricultural Society) test centre, and DLG has now released its report on their performance. During testing, DLG compared the Nokian Soil King tires […] Read more

Farms offer children an increasingly unique living and learning experience but are still workplaces where appropriate supervision and boundaries are a must.

Wheat & Chaff

Data shows more needs to be done to keep kids safe on the farm

Kids FarmSafe Week, a new public awareness campaign, runs May 13-19

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 9, 2024

We can all agree that farm safety is more prominent now than a few decades ago. But while Canadian farms are becoming safer, hazards still exist, and it’s clear that there is still a long way to go with farm safety — particularly when it comes to children and youth. The latest Canadian Agricultural Injury […] Read more

Young children on the farm can be taught that they have as much responsibility to look out for other people on the farm as other people have to look out for them.

Wheat & Chaff

Normalizing farm safety from an early age

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association April 29, 2024

Katie Keddy’s approach to teaching her two sons about safety on the farm is simple: normalize it. “We believe in teaching them lessons so that they grow up with safety as a culture on the farm instead of learning it as adults,” Keddy explains. Keddy and her husband, Philip, are second-generation farmers growing sweet potatoes […] Read more

Columns, Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Rant: On the payment plan

By Dave Bedard April 16, 2024

As much as I get the general idea behind raising interest rates to keep inflation in check, I do have to wonder if the Bank of Canada and other central banks quite grasp how much their rate hikes over the past couple of years have driven and continue to drive up the cost of literally […] Read more

Taking on more than you can handle is the quick path to unhealthy stress or burnout.

Wheat & Chaff

Know your physical and emotional limits for a safer, more productive farm

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association April 13, 2024

It’s often said that farmers will stop at nothing to get the work done. But the long days, strenuous manual labour and constant challenges that come with farming can easily take a physical and mental toll. That’s why it’s crucial for farmers to be aware of their limitations. Ignoring limitations can heighten the risk of […] Read more

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Wheat & Chaff

Farm kids not immune to farm stressors

“One decision changed my life”

Editor’s Rant: Strike one, two, three, et cetera

Auto dealership chain expands

New tires from Nokian

Data shows more needs to be done to keep kids safe on the farm

Normalizing farm safety from an early age

Editor’s Rant: On the payment plan

Know your physical and emotional limits for a safer, more productive farm

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