According to Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting, agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the country.

Farm safety requires grassroots, cultural shift

Farm safety means deliberately changing how we as members of the agricultural community think and behave, even when it’s inconvenient

Better safety on Canadian farms means deliberately choosing the safer way of doing this, even when it flies in the face of what we’ve always done.



Fire escapes a burn barrel intended to contain the flames.

Prevent farm fires this spring

Keep it clean around buildings, have a fire plan, watch your burn barrel and other farm fire prevention tips

Don’t get burned this spring: Keep it clean around buildings, have a fire plan, watch your burn barrel and other farm fire prevention tips.

According to a 2023 review from Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting, from 1990 to 2020 there were 2,814 agriculture-related fatalities in Canada, an average of 91 deaths each year. Between 2006 and 2020 the average number of fatalities drops to ‘just’ 70 per year.

Putting safety first on the farm

Agriculture-related fatalities on the decline, but even one is still too many

It’s once again Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, an opportunity to remind oneself that farming might be a rewarding vocation, but it’s also a dangerous business. From 2006 to 2020, there were an average of 70 agriculture-related fatalities each year in Canada.

Keep kids safe on the farm

Keep kids safe on the farm

Keeping kids safe and getting them involved and interested in the farm don’t have to be mutually exclusive

Farm safety experts urge farm families not to lose sight of safety — particularly when it comes to their kids — during the flurry of farm activity, especially in the spring.