farm safety

This is Agricultural Safety Awareness Week, and many in the farming community are being reminded through Friday to keep safety a priority.  U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers will join Farm Bureaus across the country to promote ag safety this week with the theme of “Lead the Way in Agriculture.”   Each ...

This is National Farm Safety and Health Week, and this year’s theme is “Protecting Agriculture’s Future”.  Laura Siegel with AgriSafe said the health and safety of workers must be the cornerstone of sustainable farming this week and year-round.   She noted that statistic...

This is National Farm Safety and Health Week, a time to focus on both general safety and health matters on the farm or ranch but also specific topics from rural road safety, and anhydrous ammonia exposure. "If I would have completely ran out of breath, I don't know if I'd be standing here today ...

Purdue University's Agricultural Safety and Health Program recently released the annual 2020 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-Related Injuries and Fatalities report. The program reported 64 fatal and nonfatal cases involving agricultural confined spaces, including 35 grain entrapments, seven falls into or from grain storage structures, four asphyxiations and 12 equipment entanglements

The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety is providing new safety booklets in an attempt to lower the number of injuries and deaths of children each year on the farm. According to the organization, more young people have died this decade working in agriculture than all other industries combined ...

Every one of the farm is vitally important, from the decision makers to those just starting out. And that why safety and health on the farm should be emphasized, not just this week, but all year long. This is National Farm Safety and Health Week ...

As harvest begins across the country, the American Seed Trade Association is reminding farmers about the importance of taking precautions to ensure treated seed does not enter the grain supply. ASTA said proper management of treated seeds includes removing all treated seed left in containers and equipment used to handle harvested grain, and disposing of it properly ...

The coronavirus world is confusing place for all of us, especially our children. And with COVID-19 forcing the shutdown of school this spring, and the possibility that kids wont return to the classroom this fall, health and safety experts says its important mom and dad, or any guardian, sits down with young children and talk about on the farm safety ...

The American Farm Bureau says its groups across the nation are getting ready for Agricultural Safety Awareness Week, which is coming up on May 1-7.  U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers will join the Farm Bureau in promotion of the week with the theme as “20:20 Vision on Ag Safety.”  Ag Safe...

Columbia Grain international has been cited by the OSHA after reportedly exposing workers to grain-handling hazards after a worker was buried by corn and died in a North Dakota grain bin last summer.  The agency is proposing $190,000 in penalties against the Portland, OR-based company after a worker died while cleaning a bin last July in eastern North Dakota.  ...