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Close call: teach your family respect for farm safety

By Amy Petherick April 12, 2016

Teaching kids to respect hazards is an important part of raising children safely on the farm and much can be learned from close calls. Growing up on the family farm near St. Malo, Man., the Racine children experienced their own close call while playing in a large truck. All five kids had free range of […] Read more

Features

Just how deadly is not knowing?

Make sure you know the emergency operating procedures for all of your machinery

By Shanyn Silinski March 17, 2016

Safety plans. Safety orientation. Training. Tail gate talks. SOPs (standard operating procedures). It is all so important in being a safe farm. A safe business. But how deadly is it really not knowing? In a word: very. Any number of things can go wrong, and quickly, in a farming operation. Especially “in season” when people […] Read more

Features, News

Don’t be afraid to be safe

Farming is our legacy. But changing practices to farm safety is our future

By Shanyn Silinski March 14, 2016

Farm Safety week comes every March. If you’ve been reading Grainews regularly, you’ll know that I’ve been writing safety articles for this special feature for the past few years. Farming is part of my family. It has been for generations. We have some pieces of our history and our traditions we hold dear. Others must […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Farm safety week 2016

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week runs from March 13 to 19

By Leeann Minogue March 11, 2016

Beginning Monday, March 13 to 19 is Canadian Agricultural Safety Week. Here at Grainews we understand the importance of farm safety. We run articles from the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association in each issue, and do our best to make sure that none of our articles promote unsafe practices. Because we want our readers to be safe […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Protecting vulnerable farm workers

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 7, 2016

Canada’s agricultural industry employs many different categories of workers at different times throughout the year to complete different farm tasks. These workers may be seasonal workers, older workers, new workers and young workers. What’s important to recognize is that you may have vulnerable workers that could be at risk for injury. So what can you […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Create safe play areas for kids

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association February 22, 2016

This year, for Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is working towards “Keeping Kids Safe” as a part of the three-year theme of “Be An Ag Safe Family.” Part of keeping kids safe on the farm is creating, using, and maintaining a safe play area. Play teaches children co-operation. Play helps children […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association January 7, 2016

Get fit, spend less money, eat better and be kinder. These are all typical New Year Resolutions. Fuelled by the determination to get those six-pack abs — OK two-pack abs — we are excited to show the world (and more importantly, ourselves) that we can do it! We have the self-control, the energy and the […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Give the gift of safety for Christmas

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association December 18, 2015

Each Christmas season, there is a new, must-have gift. Chatty Cathy dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo dolls were all at one point toys that caused parents to panic, children to hope and retailers to sweat. This year, instead of lining up for the latest fancy toy why not give the gift of […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

What causes a farm accident?

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association November 30, 2015

Farming isn’t easy work. Farming isn’t for the faint of heart, the easily defeated or the undetermined. A successful farmer is an optimist and a realist at the same time. A farmer knows his land, his equipment, his livestock and his operation inside out. This determination and wisdom often translates into prosperous farms and thriving […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Preventing grain entrapment

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association October 5, 2015

As harvest comes to a close, combines are cleaned and stored, augers fall quiet and the result of all that hard work in the field is safe at home in the bin. Grain bins represent the bounty of the harvest and they are the symbol of a successful season, but they also pose serious hazards. […] Read more

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Tag Archives Canadian Agricultural Safety Association

Close call: teach your family respect for farm safety

Just how deadly is not knowing?

Don’t be afraid to be safe

Farm safety week 2016

Protecting vulnerable farm workers

Create safe play areas for kids

Make your New Year’s resolution an injury-free 2016

Give the gift of safety for Christmas

What causes a farm accident?

Preventing grain entrapment

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