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Safety planning on the farm is getting some attention this year from Alberta producers thanks in part to a farm safety plan pilot project and some willing volunteers. Two of those guinea pigs include Terry and Humphrey Banack of Roundhill, Alberta. The couple has...
It’s no secret that a serious farm injury or fatality can be devastating emotionally and financially to a farm operation and farm family. But it’s never going to happen to you. Right? Well, according to Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting statistics, an...
Ray Murphy had a bad heart. That’s why he was so busy on September 22, 2009. His pre-op appointment with the surgeon for open heart surgery was scheduled for the next day and Murphy Livestock , a 300 head, pure-bred, Angus and Charolais beef farm in Bonnyville,...
This March, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) are encouraging producers to talk about farm safety as part of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, which runs from March 9 to 15 2014 . Canadian...
Sean McGrath started his ranching career with a weather wreck – and that’s about as good as his luck got for several years. “We had a tremendous drought in 2002, and since we background our calves, that meant we had sold them when BSE hit in May 2003,” recalls the...
Preventing pesticide drift is important for complying with label requirements, and for reducing pesticide movement to sensitive off-site crops and water bodies. Both can have serious economic and legal ramifications, and the risk can be better managed with two...
