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Yates Farm Safety Day
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The Yates Farm Safety Day is a FREE and fun day for both children and adults to learn about potential hazards on a farm. It is open to ALL farm families, hired help, neighbors and other interested folks! Farm Safety is for all ages. Various safety topics with hands-on activities and demonstrations will be presented…
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Keeping Yourself and Others Safe From Ticks
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As we head into a flurry of life and activity on our farms, the warmer weather and longer days of the season means increased wildlife activity and therefore the return of ticks. In New York State, ticks pose a significant threat to human health through their ability to transmit disease and parasites via bites.…
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Identifying Risk is the First Step to Managing It
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Not only is risk unavoidable in agriculture, but managing it well is an essential function of any farm operation. Most of us live in a culture that values comfort and control. Modern technologies give us the ability to meet our basic needs and modify our environments from the convenience of our living rooms. We…
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How to Celebrate National Farm Safety and Health Week 2019
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Working in agriculture poses more risks than your average job, but many precautions can — and should — be taken to reduce risk. The week of September 15 through September 21, 2019 is National Farm Health and Safety Week, which has been declared by the sitting president annually since 1944. Organized by the National…
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NYCAMH Offers Workshops for New and Beginning Farmers
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The free workshops to help new and beginning farmers recognize and understand safety issues on their farms. Are you a new or beginning farmer? It’s a broader definition than you might think. A New and Beginning Farmers (NBF) is one who has operated a farm or ranch for no more than 10 consecutive years; has…
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Personal Protective Equipment: Chainsaw Safety, Part 2
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Chainsaw Safety, Part One This second part article on chainsaw safety is part of our CCE Chenango grant project done in collaboration with the New York Farm Viability Institute, “Increased Farm Profitability and Diversity through Value-Added Forest Products Initiative”. We have been encouraging farmers and woodland owners to develop forest based enterprises, many of which…
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Help is Near for Farm Safety Fears
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I married a vegetable farmer twenty years ago and through that time have seen the trials and tribulations of the farming life. There were mishaps, breakdowns and natural disasters but we only suffered minor health problems and injuries. Then I started a new job at the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH). …
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