A senior official in the Health & Safety Authority (HSA) has made eye-catching remarks about the need for cyclists and pedestrians to stay off the roads in areas where harvesting is taking place so as to avoid large farm...
Some of the money, which was awarded to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, will be distributed to 11 local project partners through the department’s “Bend, Don’t Break” initiative to advance their work in farm stress and rural mental health.
By Andy Steiner | Contributing...
Grain bins can pose as a hazard to young children. Learn what steps you can take to help prevent tragic grain bin accidents involving young workers.
Keeping children safe while grain bin handling
Working in and around grain is dangerous even...
Farm Safety Week has just passed and for all the progress we have made in terms of efficiencies in the industry this is one area that our record is a sorry one.
Twenty one people on average lose their lives...
According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturer's monthly "Flash Report," the sale of all tractors during May in the U.S. were down 4% compared to the same month last year.
For the five months in 2021, a total of 136,227...
By Caitlyn Lamm
5/11/2021
Stress in life is normal, especially in the agricultural community where farmers are up against factors out of their control such as the weather, markets and local and federal policies impacting their bottom lines. While stress can...
Article originally published by Alberta.ca on 3 May 2021
‘In a previous article we talked about understanding your wildfire risk and taking action by starting closest to your home, but farm and acreage owners know that spring cleaning extends well into the...