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A successful harvest also means having a safe harvest.

Working safely through another harvest season

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association September 25, 2018

At harvest, everyone wants to help. Hauling grain, fixing breakdowns, combining, driving to town for parts and supplies and fixing meals to eat in the field are all important tasks during harvest. Harvest is a time where we spend a lot of time apart from our families but all work towards the same goal — a […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Keeping youngsters safe this summer season

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association July 24, 2018

With long, hot days on the horizon, children will be presenting parents with summer challenges unique to the season. Out with the school bell and the mad dash for the bus; in with curious kids at your feet looking to imitate you at every turn. For farm kids out on summer holidays, the insatiable need […] Read more

A trained watch person with a means of communication must always be present outside the bin when another person is inside.

Wheat & Chaff

Think ‘safety’ when you’re cleaning out grain bins

Never enter a grain bin when you're alone

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 11, 2018

A key reason why people become entrapped in grain is because grain stored in bins is out of condition. A farmer enters the bin to break down the crusted grain and tragedy strikes, grain comes tumbling down and the person is engulfed. If grain is kept in good condition, no one has to enter the […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

A late spring doesn’t mean forgetting about on-farm farm safety

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 22, 2018

It has been a long winter by all accounts. Farmers across the Prairies are anxious to get the seed in the ground. According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting data, agriculture-related fatalities happen most often from May to October. Of course, this makes sense, as this is when the majority of farming occurs; however, understanding […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Safety champion retired from farming, not farm safety

By Amy Petherick May 14, 2018

Even after he retired from farming, Albert Martin never retired from being a farm safety champion. For more than 40 years, Martin has been involved with the Waterloo Home and Farm Safety Association and he currently serves as the association’s current President. For many years, together with his wife Ruby, Martin managed an apple orchard […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Having the ‘s’ talk on your farm

Don’t wait for an accident to happen before you talk about safety

By Elaine Froese May 1, 2018

Like many of you, I’ve checked out the grain bin suffocation demonstration at the farm shows and collected many farm safety brochures. I think this spring is finally the time when we’ll do things more intentionally on our farm. Why now? We experienced family trauma in October during harvest when a key person crashed a […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Celebrate Canadian Ag Safety Week by supporting seniors

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 16, 2018

This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and presenting sponsor Farm Credit Canada (FCC) are encouraging all Canadians to be part of the AgSafe Family during Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW). Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is an annual public awareness campaign focusing on the importance of safe agriculture. […] Read more

Features, News

High-tech and higher-level training

Moving your farm to high-tech solutions doesn’t mean safety can take a backseat

By Shanyn Silinski March 16, 2018

Technology has brought about so many advances in agriculture. Automation and computers allow us to do more than ever before. But high-tech doesn’t always equal high safety. Understanding what can’t be replaced with technology and how to use technology as a tool is a new area of farm safety that will only grow as technology advances. […] Read more

Features

Mental health is a farm safety issue

Farming is stressful, for farmers and their families. Make mental health a priority

By Shannon Silinski March 15, 2018

Farmers had to be tough or we wouldn’t have started farming the Prairies. This toughness is mental as well as physical. It is also lonely. And with 60 per cent of us experiencing anxiety, 36 per cent suffering from depression and over 45 per cent living with high stress it is a farm safety issue […] Read more

Features

’Tis the season for farm safety

The busiest times of the year are also the best times to slow down and plan for safety

By Shanyn Silinski March 14, 2018

Seeding. Harvest. Calving. Silage. Haying. These are busy seasons. We should also consider these busy times a great opportunity to invest in the safety of our team. Gearing up for the busy seasons often means getting equipment ready, preparing work areas and stocking up on supplies. Team members are coming back or are gearing up […] Read more

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

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A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs make gains

Tag Archives farm safety

Working safely through another harvest season

Keeping youngsters safe this summer season

Think ‘safety’ when you’re cleaning out grain bins

A late spring doesn’t mean forgetting about on-farm farm safety

Safety champion retired from farming, not farm safety

Having the ‘s’ talk on your farm

Celebrate Canadian Ag Safety Week by supporting seniors

High-tech and higher-level training

Mental health is a farm safety issue

’Tis the season for farm safety

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