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To be clear, practices such as the ones outlined in this space are not meant to replace appropriate rest and recovery.
Columns, Farm Life

To avoid fatigue, breathe

Fit to Farm: Deliberate breath can help influence energy levels, focus and level of alertness

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As a new season approaches, so too do long hours of driving for many farmers. One problem that presents when we deal with prolonged periods of driving, whether in the field or on the highway, is fatigue. The agriculture industries are rife with long hours at various tasks and fatigue is common, posing a dangerous […] Read more
This workbench mockup demonstrates the wig-wag flashing effect. It uses a five-pin relay: the middle lights are connected in one circuit through the 87 pin on the relay, and the outside two are tied into the 87a pin to create the alternating flash.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

How to add warning lights

Putting lights on older implements adds to on-road visibility

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I can recall an incident driving back to the farm late one fall evening. There was something on the road ahead. I couldn’t quite make it out. On getting closer it was clear I was coming up fast on a tractor and round baler travelling in the same direction. The baler obscured the rear tractor […] Read more
Using a life-sized mannequin and actual grain, CASA shows how a person amounts to just a few bushels relative to the weight of the grain flowing around them.
Wheat & Chaff

Successful grain rescue shows value of training, awareness

Program demonstrates ‘reality and severity’ of grain entrapment

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Grain entrapments don’t often have happy endings. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case for a grain entrapment on Feb. 9 in east-central Alberta. Chris Krushel, fire chief for the Edgerton Emergency Services Department, says a man had entered a grain bin to clean it when he became caught in the grain. Thankfully, another person was present […] Read more
Farm trucks may be required to report for safety inspections when encountering roadside commercial vehicle inspections by authorities.
Equipment, Features, Machinery, Trucks and UTVs

How to ace a roadside heavy truck inspection

Daily pre-trip inspections, knowledge and a good attitude are key

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Every farmer has dealt with the frustration of a machine breakdown during peak seasons that stops field work in its tracks. But how much more frustrating would it be to have the farm truck put out of service on the roadside for an unrepaired defect that won’t pass a random spot check by police? Every […] Read more
cow and calf
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

How to manage two similar livestock pharmaceuticals

Animal Health: Subtle differences can give one medication an advantage over another

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This article provides some clarity for when new products or combinations of products come onto the market. These days all antimicrobials, NSAIDs and a few other products are prescription products and most come under the VCPR (veterinary-client-patient relationship). The two products in this case have already been on the market for years, but now, with no […] Read more
carpal tunnel exercises
Columns, Farm Life

How to treat carpal tunnel at home

Fit to Farm: Symptoms begin when connective tissue compresses tendons and nerves in an already-busy area

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Carpal tunnel is a condition that can affect anyone, anytime, though it’s especially common in those who work with their hands and do manual labour. The carpal tunnel is an anatomical term for the path the tendons in the forearm and wrist take underneath a bridge of connective tissue in the wrist moving into the […] Read more
The Stratus AirSprayer in flight at the Spaceport America testing facility in New Mexico during the spring of 2024.
Crops, Features

Switching to glide

Precision AI’s new autonomous Stratus AirSprayer can carry bigger loads and fly longer than conventional ag drones

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For decades, farmers have used boom sprayers in their fields to protect crops from weeds, disease and insect pests. They’ve also relied on crop dusters, which first took flight 100 years or so ago. The advent of drone technology has ushered in a new age in aerial spraying. Today, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market […] Read more
farm kids gathering sheaves from swath in field
Wheat & Chaff

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

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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

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