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Farm safety for tweens and teens

They’re no longer children, but they’re not fully-matured adults yet

By Shanyn Silinski March 15, 2017

Gone are the days here where the number of hands determined the success of the farm, regardless of the age of those hands. We no longer have to ask children to risk their health and education to ensure the family farm makes a profit. That does not lessen the desire for our young people to […] Read more

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Safety on your farm: it’s not hard

Building a safe farm operation may seem overwhelming; it’s just a change of attitude

By Shanyn Silinski March 15, 2017

Having a safe farming operation is not as hard as it seems. It starts with a change of attitude — letting go of old traditions and habits. Considering how serious our work is, how seriously we should take the safety of our workers and family, and how seriously we need to take the impressions we […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

AgSafe ribbon campaign goes national for Canadian Ag Safety Week

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association February 23, 2017

A farm safety awareness campaign with Albertan roots goes national this year in the hopes that a unique ribbon will help remind adults working in agriculture to adopt the safest possible working habits. Building on last year’s “Be an AgSafe Family” Ag Safety Week campaign, which aimed to keep kids safe on farms, the Canadian […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Farm Safety: Is your attitude a barrier to a safe farm?

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association September 23, 2016

I can’t.” “I don’t want to.” “You can’t make me.” If this came from a child talking about a math problem or a chore, adults would accuse that child of having a negative attitude. But children are not the only ones that can suffer from a negative attitude. Could a negative attitude be preventing you […] Read more

Wheat & Chaff

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

Don’t skip the standard operating procedure

Not everyone is comfortable developing standard operating procedures. Get over it

By Shanyn Silinski March 16, 2016

Winter can be a great time for planning, and safety planning should be included. Many producers have done environmental farm plans and have done safety plans. The next piece of the complex farm safety puzzle is one that is often is in the “assumed” category. The dreaded SOP (standard operating procedure). Why dreaded? Because of […] 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

Create a parent/kid farm safety contract

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association March 8, 2016

A contract is an essential business tool. Farmers sign agreements and contracts as a part of running the business. Rental contracts, supply management agreements and production contracts and some types of formal agreements that a farmer might sign in the daily running of the farming operation. Even when employing a farm hand, an agreement is […] 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

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Farm safety for tweens and teens

Safety on your farm: it’s not hard

AgSafe ribbon campaign goes national for Canadian Ag Safety Week

Farm Safety: Is your attitude a barrier to a safe farm?

Close call: teach your family respect for farm safety

Just how deadly is not knowing?

Don’t skip the standard operating procedure

Farm safety week 2016

Create a parent/kid farm safety contract

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

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