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Back to safety basics in the New Year

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association January 17, 2018

With a new year comes resolutions. This year, instead of making a resolution to do something you’ve never done before, what if you made a resolution to perform daily tasks properly and safely? Something like operating a tractor? Tractors are essential to farm operations. From field work to feeding the livestock to cleaning snow, tractors […] Read more

Understanding some key points and taking some precautions can help you get oversized loads from the farmyard to the field and back again.

Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

Safely transport oversize loads

Farm safety: Tips to get your equipment to the field and back again

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association December 11, 2017

With larger farm equipment comes larger transportation challenges. Equipment wider than highway lanes poses a hazard to not only the equipment operator, but also to other motor vehicle operators. Tall equipment can come into contact with low-hanging wires, bridges and other vital pieces of infrastructure. Collisions with other vehicles is a major concern while transporting […] Read more

Northern Strands debuted its grain bin safety harness at Ag in Motion in July. An anchor system bolts into the ribs on the bin roof. The harness system also includes a lifeline and a wire rope grab.

Crops, Features

Getting safely to the top of those bins

Grain storage: As farmers buy larger grain bins, companies are coming up with safety solutions

By Lisa Guenther October 23, 2017

As grain bins become larger, climbing to the top grows riskier. Two companies had solutions on display at Ag in Motion north of Saskatoon this summer. Safety concerns spurred the creation of Darmani Grain Storage’s Skylift, a small elevator that bolts to the side of a grain bin. “It’s the whole idea of crawling up […] Read more

Crops, News, Wheat & Chaff

Keep safety top of mind when cleaning out grain bins

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association August 30, 2017

A key reason people become entrapped in grain is that 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 bin, […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: A new solution for safety

By Leeann Minogue August 29, 2017

Harvest is underway. So far, we’ve only combined our peas, which have run about average. That’s pretty relieving after this dry summer. We’re a little worried about the canola — a nearby farmer told us his harvested canola is smaller than fine-ground pepper. That’s not a good sign. Safety is important all year, but it […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Yield to trains when you cross the tracks

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 19, 2017

The railways that crisscross Canada are vital links from farm to table. According to CN, over 20 million tonnes of Canadian grain is moved annually by rail. Rail is essential to getting your grain to where it needs to go. As crucial as rail is to your operation, so is being safe where field and […] Read more

Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

Back to basics: Tractor operation 101

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 15, 2017

Tractors are essential to farm operations. From field work to feeding livestock to cleaning snow, tractors are the most used machine on the farm. As simple and as commonplace as these machines are, the fact remains that the majority of agriculture machinery-related fatalities involve tractors. Reminders on basic safety while operating tractors can help everyone […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Putting farm safety into practice every day

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association May 5, 2017

For Dave Brand, safety is a core belief that’s evident not only in the way he talks but also in how he runs his farming operation. Brand, the newest member of the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s (CASA) board of directors, farms not far from Red Deer, Alta, where he, his fiancée and their four kids […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

Maintain augers and create work zones to prevent entanglements

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association April 19, 2017

An auger in good condition is critical when it comes time to move grains and feed around the farm. Augers can also be some of the most hazardous machines on the farm, especially if they haven’t been properly maintained. Although Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting statistics have identified runovers as the top cause of agriculture-related fatalities, […] Read more

General

Five need-to-know facts about occupational health and safety laws

Make sure you now what to expect from the legislation in your province

By Dilia Narduzzi April 10, 2017

If you have employees, your farm falls under the provincial occupational health and safety legislation for your province. Each province has slightly different rules, but this is the law and if you are not in compliance you can be fined. You could even be sued, though that would come from the individual employee rather than […] Read more

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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