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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

Columns, Farm Life

Easing the strain of sitting

Fit to Farm: Joints in the spine can get compressed when you have to sit for long periods

By Kathlyn Hossack July 14, 2024

A common complaint that comes along with the farm lifestyle and career is back pain. Non-specific low back pain — meaning the pain has begun with no clear incidence and doesn’t have one clear cause — makes up over 80 per cent of back pain complaints. In my line of work, often it isn’t as […] 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

Spending time outside of shoes, experiencing textures and touch, will benefit your feet — not to mention the rest of you — in the longer term.

Columns, Farm Life

Let your feet flex and feel the floor

Fit to Farm: While necessary, shoes do limit how your feet's natural structures can work

By Kathlyn Hossack May 21, 2024

Have you been told you have fallen arches or flat feet? A common misconception is that our foot posture is unchangeable or uncontrollable. Just like any other part of the body, there is quite a lot we can do to support the physical health and mobility in our feet. Many clients that I meet have […] 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

AFAC spearheaded the deployment of emergency trailers across the province for use in emergencies such as barn fires or livestock transport rollovers.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Livestock

Who will carry on AFAC’s work in Alberta?

The organization provided valuable services, including emergency livestock trailers

By Roy Lewis May 5, 2024

It is with sadness I heard about Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) closing its doors in Alberta after 30 years, which I would say is after 30 years of extreme good. The great thing was that it was animal welfare-based through and through and had all the production animal groups on its board. They all […] 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

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

It's not uncommon for pest control product labels to be updated over time -- so even if you're working with a product you've used before, review the label before use.

Wheat & Chaff

Pesticide safety starts with the label

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 26, 2024

When it comes to growing crops, pesticides are a vital tool. Pesticides, commonly known as crop protection or pest control products, play an important role on farms across the country. They enable farmers to put food on tables thanks to healthy and plentiful crops. However, using any pesticide product comes with a responsibility to ensure […] Read more

This photo was taken following a Dec. 8, 2020 collision at an uncontrolled intersection east of Winkler, Man. — the first of two vehicle-versus-train collisions in the same RM that afternoon involving the same westbound CP train.

Wheat & Chaff

Farm safety includes being rail-safe

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 8, 2024

With nearly 45,000 kilometres of active railway tracks and roughly 40,000 railway crossings from coast to coast, many Canadians encounter trains daily. That’s especially true in rural areas, where many farms are located near railway tracks. “In 2022 there were 232 incidents between trains and vehicles or people in Canada that resulted in 66 fatalities […] Read more

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

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Tag Archives Agricultural safety and health

Farm kids not immune to farm stressors

Easing the strain of sitting

“One decision changed my life”

Let your feet flex and feel the floor

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

Who will carry on AFAC’s work in Alberta?

Normalizing farm safety from an early age

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

Pesticide safety starts with the label

Farm safety includes being rail-safe

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