Reading Time: 3 minutes Kristin Hoffman of WSPS explains measures for increased farm safety around harvest season
Exploring Harvest Safety
From field to ear: Addressing hearing loss on Canadian farms
Summer Series: Work related hearing loss is common on farms due to the many noisy machines and tools required to run the business. Luckily, there is plenty you can do to preserve your hearing for years to come.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers spend countless hours tending to their properties and animals, which, for all its benefits, can have a serious drawback: adult farmers are more likely to have hearing loss problems than non-farming adults. Years of noise due to heavy machinery, equipment and animals could lead to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), causing permanent hearing damage. Noise-induced […] Read more
CASA calls out The Amazing Race Canada for agricultural stunt
Reading Time: < 1 minute 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.
Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads in U.S.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock.
Summer Series: Smarter training
[Change Management] Even the best employees are only as good as they know how
Reading Time: 6 minutes Training new and existing employees about the ever-changing tasks on the farm is essential if you hope to build and maintain a great farm team. But how much should you invest in training? Are you already there, or could your farm make big strides in its efficiency if you stepped up your training initiatives? Such […] Read more
Report examines farming women’s safety needs
Safety of children, stress over general safety a common experience for women
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farming women may need more support and programing to address their specific safety needs according to a recent study.
See and be seen with farm equipment on public roads
Reading Time: 3 minutes Regardless of what we’re driving, our safety and that of others on public roads is a shared responsibility. Safety considerations are essential since our actions — or inactions — have consequences. For farm equipment operators, ensuring you can see and be seen is a primary safety consideration. The Manitoba government says recent studies have shown […] Read more
Alberta wildfire fighters prepare for hot, dry days ahead
Temperatures to approach 30 C next week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — An extended period of hot, dry weather that risks worsening wildfires in Alberta began on Friday, with special weather alerts in place across Western Canada and officials urging people to be vigilant. More than 100 wildfires have ignited across Alberta since last week, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate homes, farms […] Read more
Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock
Central areas catch break with moisture, cooler weather; CN service resumes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s ag societies and livestock auction marts are offering up pen space for producers forced to evacuate animals away from dozens of wildfires in the province’s northern and west-central regions. As of early Thursday evening, the province was tracking 76 active wildfires, of which 22 were listed as “out of control” and 17 as “being […] Read more
Making the farm less dangerous, step by step
Check out what these two farms did after they decided the old approach to safety on the farm is too weak, and sticking with it only makes it worse
Reading Time: 10 minutes For most of us, the sight of just one accident is all it takes to get us taking more reasonable precautions. So, imagine you are Krista Harris and you have seen what she has seen. As a career firefighter with over 20 years service with the Abbotsford Fire Department, Harris has attended innumerable motor vehicle […] Read more
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