Farm safety: ‘One decision changed my life’

A farm accident survivor speaks about the need to keep farm kids safe

Glacier FarmMedia – Bailey Kemery knows how quickly a farm accident can happen and change a life forever. It was April 1994, and Kemery, 4, was playing on a parked tractor-driven rototiller that was still running on her family’s grain farm near Major, Sask. Her parents were standing not far away. When the machine shook […] Read more

Ignoring fatigue is a slippery slope

Ignoring fatigue is a slippery slope

Effects of fatigue greatly underestimated

While it’s no secret that long and tiring days go hand in hand with farming, that doesn’t mean becoming complacent about the implications of working while fatigued. Because ignoring the signs of fatigue can put you and others around you at risk. Susan Sawatzky is president and founder of In-Scope Solutions, a health and safety […] Read more


While the overall decrease in farm fatality rates is promising, it comes with a catch. The decline is because the number of farmers in Canada has significantly dropped.

New data highlights need for culture of safety on the farm

A new report is helping highlight the need to embrace a culture of safety in agriculture. Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) released its latest report with data on agriculture-related fatalities between 1990 and 2020, with particular focus on 2011 to 2020. CAIR is a national surveillance program funded by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and […] Read more