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Teaching Youth to be Safe Around Livestock
Sabrina Schirtzinger, ANR Educator Knox County Owning and working livestock is the first step to teaching youth responsibilities on the farm. Younger children may not be aware of the dangers that come with this responsibility. ...
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Balancing Your Health and the Spring To-Do List
Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator The month of May is a busy time on the farm, from making hay to building fence, planting crops, and tending to livestock. For many small and medium sized farms these tasks are commonly placed on ...
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Spring Pesticide Safety Reminders
Mary Ann Rose, Director, Pesticide Safety Education Program You probably worked on your sprayer and other major equipment over the winter to gear up for pesticide applications. Have you put any effort into preparing for applicator safety? ...
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Pharmaceutical Waste, National Drug Take Back Campaign
Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, Paulding County What to do with your leftover medication? Many Ohio residents have expired or unused pharmaceutical products in their medicine cabinets and don’t know what to do wit ...
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Safe Measures Around the Post-Hole Digger = More Fence Built This Spring
Richard Purdin, ANR/CD Educator Adams County A common tool used on the farm is a tractor mounted post-hole auger/digger. A tractor mounted post-hole digger can reduce time and labor when building large stretches of fence. ...
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Did you know Ohio ranks 4th in the U.S. for combine fires?
Dee Jepsen, Associate Professor, Agricultural Safety and Health While many combines are parked and inactive over the spring months, a team of Ohio State University students are thinking about fire hazards that occur to these machines while they are harves ...
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Roadway Transport Safety of Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks
Dee Jepsen, Associate Professor, Agricultural Safety and Health As Anhydrous nurse tanks start rolling to the fields, roadway safety becomes a priority. This is a review of Ohio’s regulations to protect the transporter and the public. ...
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Severe Weather on the Farm
https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/severe-weather-farm
Wayne Dellinger, ANR Educator Union County Being aware of weather conditions is nothing new to farmers. Weather is what dictates everything from when fieldwork can be done to how well crops yield. Severe weather awareness is an old topic that sometimes ne ...
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Vomitoxin in Corn Grain Bins
Mark Badertscher, OSU Extension, Hardin County ANR Educator; with information from Pierce Paul, OSU Extension, Corn & Wheat Disease Specialist and Dee Jepsen, OSU Extension, Associate Professor and State Agricultural Safety Leader. Currently there is ...
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Pull the Strings Before Working Around the Bin
Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator The Week of February 21st is recognized as grain bin safety week. Many producers will be working in or around grain storage structures to fulfill marketing contracts or sell their 2020 crop to pu ...