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Farm safety: lights, camera, action!
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Farm safety: lights, camera, action!

These three movie set words are more than just stage directions. They also apply on the farm

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Technology is cool. I think anyone who has been to an ag show would agree. We have apps and high tech add-ons for our equipment. Things like monitors and cameras, sensors and remote alerting. We also add on low-tech devices to ensure efficiency and improve safety. Lights A farm manager I know who takes care […] Read more
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Farm equipment first aid kits

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A number of years ago Alberta producer Gerald Oloske injured his hand during harvest while working on a combine. It was in that moment of crisis that he realized his equipment didn’t have first aid kits. While he was feeling shock coming on, he resolved to create kits for all his equipment. Over the years […] Read more
If grain bins are not carefully monitored for temperature, there could be a silent disaster building inside.
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Avoid fires on grain farms

Fires are a serious farm hazard. Be prepared, and assess the risks of fire on your farm


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Fire is a constant hazard. From a welding fire in the shop, to a wiring fire in a piece of equipment to an ignition of grain dust in the grain dryer. Understanding the fire hazards on a farm can be overwhelming. There are just so many fuel sources, so many ways they can ignite. Fire […] Read more
This hood salvaged from a 1960 Ford truck will become the lid for a customized workshop toolbox.
Machinery

How to build a custom tool box, Part 1

We turn an old truck hood into a one-off shop storage box, in the Grainews Garage


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The 1960 Ford F-600 truck sitting outside the Grainews Garage with a body that was far too rusty to repair made us wonder what to do with it, so we started looking at what parts we could salvage and what we could do with them. One of the things that was still in good condition […] Read more
During a training exercise, students hid around a tractor while another student in the cab tried to spot them, most remained unseen. That highlighted the need to do a walk around before starting machinery.
Machinery

U of M hopes to expand machine safety training

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As a group of students were clustered around and under a tractor, another student in the cab looked out to try and see them. It was all part of the University of Manitoba’s first tractor safety training day. The point of the exercise was to show a class of ag students how many bind spots […] Read more
Students in the U. of M. ag certificate program took part in a pilot project that added a machinery safety-training day to their course.
Machinery

U of M holds first tractor safety day

Pilot project aims to teach ag students about on-farm machinery safety

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Last weekend I found myself sitting in the local Tim Hortons having coffee with a retired farmer. He was missing some fingers on his left hand from an amputation. And it made me think of how many retired — and current — farmers I know just in this area that have similar injuries from a […] Read more
Famer and His Son Standing Side by Side Leaning on a Gate
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Farm safety for tweens and teens

They’re no longer children, but they’re not fully-matured adults yet

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Gone are the days here where the number of hands determined the success of the farm, regardless of the age of those hands. We no longer have to ask children to risk their health and education to ensure the family farm makes a profit. That does not lessen the desire for our young people to […] Read more
Safety on your farm: it’s not hard
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Safety on your farm: it’s not hard

Building a safe farm operation may seem overwhelming; it’s just a change of attitude

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Having a safe farming operation is not as hard as it seems. It starts with a change of attitude — letting go of old traditions and habits. Considering how serious our work is, how seriously we should take the safety of our workers and family, and how seriously we need to take the impressions we […] Read more
Merlo retools
Features, Machinery

Merlo retools

The telehandler company is going through a major update of its product line and manufacturing facility

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As he stood in front of a group of Canadian dealers and customers at his Cuneo, Italy, facility, Amilcare Merlo, owner of the company that produces Merlo telehandlers, explained that his firm was in the midst of a 150 million Euro (C$208 million) reinvestment project. It’s aimed not only at updating the brand’s manufacturing facility, […] Read more

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