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Farm safety consultant Morag Marjerison says owners of larger farms tend to know how safety and health legislation apply. She especially hopes owners of smaller operations will attend her sessions.

What to expect if the safety inspector visits your farm

The Manitoba Farm Safety Association is hosting no-cost sessions to help farmers understand Workplace Safety and Health legislation

By Lorraine Stevenson June 19, 2018

What’s a sure sign you don’t know that Workplace Safety and Health legislation applies to your farm? Telling the safety officer who’s just arrived to conduct an inspection to leave — maybe with words your mother wouldn’t like. Workplace Safety and Health laws to ensure safe job sites have applied to all farms in Manitoba

Craig Evans, Granny’s Poultry CEO speaks to company staff at Blumenort last week during North American Occupational  Safety and Health Week. The company hosted a SAFEWork on Wheels demonstration event at its southern Manitoba  processing plant.

Local news, Poultry

Stellar safety record at Granny’s Poultry brings WCB premiums way down

Their company has put major effort into educating their entire team on why safe workplace practices are so important, says company CEO

By Lorraine Stevenson May 22, 2018

Granny’s Poultry is proving dedication to a safer workplace can really pay off. Ten years ago the poultry processor’s Workers Compensation Board (WCB) experience rating was $7 per every $100 of payroll — WCB sets rates based on the employer’s track record. A major effort put towards reducing on-the-job injuries has now brought its premium

Rosser Holsteins, located west of Winnipeg, covers 2,500 acres and has 500 dairy cows.

Dairy cattle, Local news

Creating a safety culture at one Manitoba dairy

Workplace safety is a buzzword at Rosser Holsteins west of Winnipeg

By Alexis Stockford March 13, 2017

Time is the enemy, particularly when it comes to injury risk, according to Henry Holtmann, of Rosser Holsteins outside of Winnipeg. “In times when we think we don’t have time for safety, we have to really step back and make time, because the consequences of not making time are actually you lose more time,” he

Country Crossroads

Changing Farm “Work Culture” Key To Safety

By Lorraine Stevenson November 25, 2010

Work is good. Hard work is better. But the sheer need to do a lot of work, combined with the value farm culture places on it, gets in the way of creating a “culture of safety” in Canadian agriculture, say experts on organizational behaviour and workplace leadership. Agriculture’s abysmal record of injuries and fatalities says

News

KAP Receives Grant To Boost Farm Safety

By Lorraine Stevenson March 18, 2010

“This will be quite different than anything we’ve done before because we’ll actually be hiring a couple of people to go to the farms and to work with the farmer and their employees and go through the safety issues right there on the farm.” – KAP PRESIDENT IAN WISHART Farmers who employ workers now have

News

Safety message tough sell

By Bonnie Baltessen November 20, 2008

For the province’s farm safety co-ordinator, throwing a Farm Safety and Health meeting once meant booking a hall, picking up dozens of doughnuts and a coffee urn, then presenting to a near empty room. Glen Blahey quickly learned not to take the low turnouts personally. Having a farm background himself, he knows that while most

U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

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U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

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What to expect if the safety inspector visits your farm

Stellar safety record at Granny’s Poultry brings WCB premiums way down

Creating a safety culture at one Manitoba dairy

Changing Farm “Work Culture” Key To Safety

KAP Receives Grant To Boost Farm Safety

Safety message tough sell

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