Farm Machinery Operators and Motorists Reminded to Share the Road Safely
The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), in support of Canada Road Safety Week, encourages motorists and farm machinery...
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wchccommunity
- May 10
- 2 min
Farmer Mental Health
Taking care of your farm livestock, equipment, and crops is hard work. Especially when you are dealing with the competing and growing...
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pballak
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Working Alone
For most farmers in Ontario, working alone is just part of the job. “Seventy percent of farms in Ontario are owner-operated without...
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pballak
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
Tips for Safe Winter Driving
Well, it’s happened, our first winter snows have come, and stayed. As conditions differ in each Canadian city, I have found a list of...
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pballak
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Safety During Fall Harvest
This harvest season, safety should be a priority within the farming community. Consider that it is a time that involves long hours and...
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pballak
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
What counts as exercise?
How you define exercise? Is it just something to do in a gym? Is it taking to the pool or to the track? See what counts as exercise....
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pballak
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Tick Prevention!
How to stay safe around black-legged ticks Warmer fall and spring weather in Ontario means that black-legged ticks — aka deer ticks —...
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pballak
- Jun 25, 2022
- 2 min
Listen to the Crickets!
We all know the evening sound of a cricket. Did you know that the number of cricket chirps reports the temperature? It’s true! We explain...
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pballak
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
Called to be a Farmer
There is a reason why farmers rank near the top of the list as most likely to die by suicide. While the life is by far one of the most...
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pballak
- May 31, 2022
- 2 min
Heat Stress!!
How to prevent Heat Stress in Farming We're approaching the hottest, most humid part of the summer, putting your workers at ongoing risk...
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Heidi Wagner
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
Farm safety days for Parochial Schools
The safety of children living and working on farms has always been an important part of the work that happens at the Woolwich Community...
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Heidi Wagner
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Could you speak a little louder!
Hearing loss happens gradually over a length of time and may not be noticed until later in life when people need to repeat themselves...
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Heidi Wagner
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
Keeping the sun out of your eyes
These are the longest days of the year and the sun is at its highest and strongest peak. We have waited all winter for this time of...
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Heidi Wagner
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Being safe around animals
Most everyone has had the pleasure of having a pet or working with an animal at some time in their life! This can be a very rewarding...
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Heidi Wagner
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Careful use of chemicals
In the past three months we have been hearing a lot about the importance and proper wearing of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). This...
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Heidi Wagner
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Safe play areas on the farm!
Spring is finally here and those children that have been locked up in the house for the past two months are anxious to get outside and...
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