Whether you’re fixing farm equipment or changing out cultivator shovels, a bit of safety planning can save a lot of hurt, tragedy and lost time this spring
Farm safety
Working on farm machinery? Keep maintenance safe this spring
Whether you’re fixing farm equipment or changing out cultivator shovels, a bit of safety planning can save a lot of hurt, tragedy and lost time
VIDEO: Underdrill Light Kit helps turn night into day during seeding
Seeding season is just around the corner and that often means you’re competing with the weather. So, running a drill or seeding unit at night in order to get a crop in the ground is far from out of the question, but it’s hard to see how that equipment might be functioning in the dark.
VIDEO: Farmers need to talk more about mental health
At St. Jean Farm Days earlier this month, Gerry Friesen (a.k.a. ‘the Recovering Farmer’) took to the podium for a presentation entitled, Mental Health Matters on the Farm. In it, Friesen spoke about the prevalence of mental health challenges in the farm community and how farmers can find help via the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program.
Grain entrapment safety non-negotiable, experts say
Grain entrapment is a critical concern across the agricultural industry, since it only takes a few seconds for people to be engulfed
Grain entrapment is a critical concern across the agricultural industry, since it only takes a few seconds for people to beengulfed.
CASA calls out The Amazing Race Canada for agricultural stunt
An agriculture safety group is calling out reality show The Amazing Race Canada for putting its contestants a risky position while taking part in a farm-related task.
Agriculture community invited to ‘talk it out’ about mental health via free online platform
AgTalk is an anonymous, free online platform in which people can discuss mental health and find support from their peers. It’s moderated by mental health professionals.
Safety key for working with calves on pasture
Tips and tricks for working with calves in the open
Working on calves on open pasture can be tricky with a thousand pounds of anxious mother cow in your face.
Senate proposes third-party Commission to address systemic TFW issues
An independent agency is needed to coordinate temporary and migrant labour policy, says a Senate committee report released yesterday.
Report examines farming women’s safety needs
Safety of children, stress over general safety a common experience for women
Farming women may need more support and programing to address their specific safety needs according to a recent study.
Editorial: The yearly farm safety reality check
Farming is a dangerous job. It’s a sentence most of us have heard so often that it doesn’t resonate the way it probably should. The sector involves a lot of heavy equipment, powerful livestock and in many cases a farmer working alone, far from help and in areas with patchy cell service if something goes
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