Reading Time: 4 minutes Watching Alzheimer’s steal away a loved one is always painful, but there are additional challenges when you’re living on a farm. Trent, a grain farmer from east-central Alberta, knows this all too well. He farmed with his father, now in his late 70s, until five years ago. “I knew Dad was getting older and getting […] Read more
Alzheimer’s on the farm carries special risks
People living on farms face additional challenges when dealing with Alzheimer’s
Be safe when moving equipment
There are many pitfalls — from not wearing a seatbelt to free-wheeling in higher gears — that increase the chances of being in a serious accident
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) program, 13 per cent of farm-related fatalities across Canada are traffic related, and most involved tractors. During the busy fall harvest season, farmers often travel long distances between fields, and this requires transporting equipment on public roads throughout rural Alberta. Farm equipment is oversized and slow compared […] Read more
Online tool gives producers a voice for equipment safety
'Speak Up for Safer Equipment' to handle safety concerns linked to ag production
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) has developed a new online tool to give farmers an opportunity to express their concerns about possible hazards with farm equipment. The Speak Up For Safer Equipment tool is intended to provide a way for farmers, manufacturers and standards organizations to talk about safety concerns with agricultural equipment manufactured […] Read more
FCC Ag Safety Fund accepting applications
This year’s edition of the fund is offering $100,000 for delivery of tractor and machinery safety training
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is accepting applications for the 2015-16 edition of Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Safety Fund. This year, $100,000 will be given to organizations to deliver tractor and machinery safety training in a community setting to Canadian farmers and farm workers. According to Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting data, between 1990 and […] Read more
Be safe around power lines
Reading Time: < 1 minute Joint Utility Safety Team – Every day, two to three Albertans needlessly risk their lives by contacting an overhead or underground power line. In 2013, this translated into about 782 power line incidents in Alberta. Although that’s a significant decrease from the 934 incidents reported in 2012, power line safety should be top of mind for […] Read more
Set boundaries and be safe
Straight From the Hip: Anything that risks the well-being of those on the farm shouldn’t be tolerated, and women need to make sure that message is heard
Reading Time: 3 minutes Women in agriculture are exposed to the risk of injury every day. Whether you work full time, part time, are an employee or partner, women and girls on Alberta farms need to ensure they are protected from injury and disability. That starts by setting boundaries for ourselves. A woman I’ll call Pat works in partnership […] Read more
Life changed in a heartbeat for Bonnyville rancher Ray Murphy
Ray Murphy was in a hurry the day he made the fateful decision to try to replace a lost CCIA tag on a bull by himself
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ray Murphy had a bad heart. That’s why he was so busy on that fateful day — Sept. 22, 2009. The Bonnyville cattleman’s pre-op appointment with his surgeon for open heart surgery was the next day and so he needed to get that week’s cattle shipment moving from Murphy Livestock his 300-head purebred Angus and […] Read more
Poultry producers urged to use new guide to create emergency plan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Barns collapsing under the weight of heavy snow. Electrical power zapped by storms. Floods or water supplies threatened by drought. Alberta poultry producers understand how devastating any of these could be, but many still need an effective disaster and business continuity plan to deal with them. But a new guide provides poultry producers with a […] Read more
Your farm safety resolutions for 2014
ARD has prepared a checklist to start the new year off on the right foot
Reading Time: 2 minutes The New Year brings with it talk of resolutions. Resolutions; however, have a reputation for being declared and then forgotten. This year, why not make a promise that involves your family and their future? Make a promise to create a safer work environment on your farming operation. “Chances are you include an element of safety […] Read more
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