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Family portrait standing in front of a red barn on the farm.
News, Wheat & Chaff

Commit to your farm during this Ag Safety Week

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week runs March 12 - 18

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This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is celebrating Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW). This is the second year of the “Be an AgSafe Family” theme. In 2017, CASW is “Appealing to Adults.” What does that mean? Appealing to Adults? Well, statistics tell us that each year approximately 85 […] Read more
Wheat & Chaff

Shopping for on-farm safety

Take time during the winter to make sure your equipment meets safety standards

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The weather outside may be frightful, and you may feel more like hibernating for the winter than shopping for farm equipment. But consider setting your slippers aside and pulling on your Sorels. Because it could be time to replace some equipment and you need to know what to look for from a safety perspective. To begin, […] Read more
Curtis Weber shares his story across Canada and the U.S. — why his incident happened 
and how it could have been prevented.
FarmLife

Incident becomes teaching tool for farm/workplace safety

After more than 42 surgeries Curtis Weber now lives life as a double amputee

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On July 29, 1999, Curtis Weber had the world by the tail. At 17 years old, just out of high school, he’d signed to play junior hockey with the Drayton Valley Thunder. It was a sunny Friday, the August long weekend and a northern lake fishing trip was coming up. But before the sun would […] Read more
CASA’s mobile unit will be the first in Canada. It is modelled after 
units already in use in the United States.
News, Wheat & Chaff

“BeGrainSafe” gets off the ground

?Farm Safety: See the Canadian Ag Safety Association’s new mobile demonstration at a show near you

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Grain is the life of most farming operations. Grain volumes, storage capacities and handling rates continue to grow in Canada in response to larger yields and a growing world population that requires grain products. Along with this good news, there is some bad news. The frequency of grain entrapments is growing nationally. In 2015 alone, […] Read more
The Heavy Equipment Jack from Eastwood Products is designed to improve safety when raising heavy equipment.
Machinery

Jack allows for safe, heavy lifts

New heavy equipment jack design takes the risk out of raising heavy equipment

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It’s common to find tractors and heavy machines inside farm shops and even dealership service bays jacked up and resting on a stack of wooden blocks while mechanics work underneath them. Sometimes that blocking doesn’t look very safe. Louis Sigouin and Dan Edwards of Eastwood Products in Arborfield, Manitoba, have developed their Heavy Equipment Jack […] Read more
Children learn about fire safety at a Progressive Agriculture Safety Day in the Humboldt, Sask., area.
Wheat & Chaff

Rural community promotes safety

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Anyone who has ever worked with children has likely wondered at times if those children are listening and learning anything. One rural community knows for sure that their kids are listening and learning. On an annual basis, volunteers come together in the Humboldt, SK region to talk to school-aged kids about safety. The Progressive Agriculture Safety Days […] Read more

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