farm safety Archives

Spill response on the farm, Part 1

By Robert Gobeil April 12, 2021

Farmers depend on all sorts of tools to get the job done. Chemicals are just another tool farmers use to keep farm machinery running, keep livestock and crops healthy and to ensure farms operate at optimal performance. However, there is a potential for spills or leaks wherever crop protection products, cleaning supplies, fuel, livestock medications […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

PPE care and use during COVID-19

By Robert Gobeil March 29, 2021

Farmers of all different commodities are intimately familiar with personal protective equipment (PPE). Everything from work gloves and steel-toed boots to respirators and coveralls, all farms have spent a small fortune to keep everyone well equipped with the items they need to reduce the risk of injury or illness. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: Why are we still losing children to farm accidents?

By Kari Belanger March 24, 2021

When you become a parent, you realize very quickly that after that little life arrives, yours will never be the same. We invest all of the resources we have at our disposal into our children — love, attention, energy, money … the list goes on and on. And there are so many benefits to raising […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Make sure to dig safely on your farm

By Robert Gobeil March 16, 2021

It is important to use the one-call service Click Before You Dig before starting any project on the farm where ground will be broken, regardless of depth. This applies to all small or large projects such as sod removal for a garden, fencing projects, digging a new well or putting in a foundation. The one-call […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: This is the perfect time to review safety guidelines, tips and training

By Kari Belanger March 15, 2021

As you get this copy of Grainews in your hands, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association will be gearing up for Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), which runs from March 14 to 20. This year the campaign focus is “Safe and Strong Farms: Lead an AgSafe Canada.” This is the final year of the three-year campaign […] Read more

Developing a pre-spring checklist is the first step in developing a safety management program that will help keep everyone safe and productive as they go into the busy spring season.

Features, News

Tips to develop a spring safety checklist for your farm

There are many reasons why it’s needed, including your profitability

By Angela Lovell March 15, 2021

Many farming operations across Canada are still family owned, and because of that a lot of the occupational health and safety legislation doesn’t always apply to them if they don’t have paid employees or are small-scale operations. That said, Robert Gobeil, agricultural health and safety specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), still advises […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Self-care is about more than self-indulgence

By Erin Kelly March 8, 2021

What comes to mind when you hear the term self-care? A day of pampering at a spa? A facial or manicure? While those are commonly associated with self-care in the media, they don’t represent the full picture and only further fuel misconceptions. While a spa day may not seem to have much in common with […] Read more

The TireGrabber is designed to attach to any front-end loader or skid steer.

Equipment, Machinery and Shop

TireGrabber adds “Reversible” model

Tire-handling tool introduced with expanded size capabilities

By Scott Garvey March 2, 2021

In 2018, Grainews met up with Darcy Goossen, an Alberta producer, at Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina. Goossen was then in the early stages of introducing his new invention, the TireGrabber, to the ag market. And it was clear then that it could be used in construction and other industrial settings as well. The […] Read more

The pandemic has underscored the importance of implementing a farm safety plan and conducting a risk assessment.

News, Wheat & Chaff

Ag industry has opportunity to become stronger post-pandemic

By Erin Kelly February 25, 2021

We can all agree that 2020 was a year like none other. It was a year that tested everyone’s readiness to adapt to change quickly. And the agricultural industry was no exception. From labour logistics and personal protective equipment shortages to processing delays and pivoting to online marketing, many farmers across the country encountered a […] Read more

Final design has a strap on one wrist attached by a chain to a quick release clip that holds the wand trigger in the “on” position.

Cattleman’s Corner, Equipment

Power washer safety bracelet wins pork award

By Meristem Land & Science February 24, 2021

Martin Gosselin of Saint-Isidore, Que. has won this year’s F X Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production with a simple device that improves safety while using a wand washer. The award was presented at the 2021 Banff Pork Seminar by Ben Willing, a University of Alberta professor and chair of the awards committee. Gosselin, who […] Read more

CGC suspends W.A. Grain’s licenses to month-end

CN challenges CP with Kansas City Southern bid

Slight adjustments in AAFC’s April supply/demand report

GFM Network News

CGC suspends W.A. Grain’s licenses to month-end

CN challenges CP with Kansas City Southern bid

Slight adjustments in AAFC’s April supply/demand report

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Spill response on the farm, Part 1

PPE care and use during COVID-19

Editor’s Column: Why are we still losing children to farm accidents?

Make sure to dig safely on your farm

Editor’s Column: This is the perfect time to review safety guidelines, tips and training

Tips to develop a spring safety checklist for your farm

Self-care is about more than self-indulgence

TireGrabber adds “Reversible” model

Ag industry has opportunity to become stronger post-pandemic

Power washer safety bracelet wins pork award

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High tech research to produce down to earth beef herd management tools

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