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Severe Weather on the Farm
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-thru%C2%A0-seasons-2024/severe-weather-farm
other monitors in the cab, can keep the operator busy. Keeping in Touch Modern communication tools such ... susceptible to flash flooding. These areas should be avoided in severe weather events. Similar to stray ... lightning, flooding may occur even in areas that have received no rain if there was a large rainfall event ...
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Ohio’s Burn Ban Returns on March 1st
municipalities have events where small amounts of debris can be collected and shredded. That will not be an ... that come with open burning in the spring. Fires can ignite dead grass, leaves, or branches after ... winter. Due to this risk, there is a ban on open outdoor burning in Ohio for the months of March, April, ...
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Safety Thru the Seasons
https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/archive
activities that may be re-published in your own newsletters or programs. If you have safety-related questions ...
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Hope IS a Strategy
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-through-seasons-2023/hope-strategy
My husband, who works in the computer profession, has a shirt that states, “Hope is Not ... a Strategy.” While this may be true in his line of work or many others, I dare say hope IS at least a partial ... strategy in many areas of life. Take agriculture for instance. Producers try to be proactive to ensure ...
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Store Pesticides Safely and Securely
the environment. Let’s start with people who have no business being in your pesticide storage ... important to prevent harm to unauthorized users. Protecting farm workers. While in some cases a small farm ... Agricultures “Clean Sweep” events held in July or August each year. For pesticide containers, follow the ...
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Tractor Accident Can Happen to Anyone
https://agsafety.osu.edu/resources/free-video
2005, 29 tractor-related fatalities were identified in West Virginia. The mean age at death was 58 with ... developed by the West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency Medicine and the Injury Control ... Research Center (CREM/ICRC) in collaboration with the West Virginia Farm Bureau to gather information about ...
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Have No Fear..Honey Bee Swarms are Near
current queen to leave. Once she is ready, the existing queen leaves the hive in search of a new location ... for her colony. She takes hundreds to thousands of worker bees (all female) and some drones (all ... male) with her, and together, these form a swarm. Worker bees that are good at foraging for food are ...
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Ashtabula Agricultural Research Station
https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/ashtabula-agricultural-research-station
2625 South Ridge East, P.O. Box 467 Kingsville, OH 44048 1 mile west of Kingsville on Rt. 84 ... statewide research sites, the Ashtabula Agricultural Research Station was established in 1985, a year after the Ohio ... then entered into a long-term lease agreement with The Ohio State University for 25 acres of the former ...
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U-Pick Apple Orchard Safety
farm. As a farmer, it is a great way to diversify your business and bring in a much higher farm income on ... Visitor Risks to Consider Unstable Footing Areas: Loose apples on the ground Uneven areas in orchards ... Groundhog holes or other holes in orchards Limbs and roots of trees Uneven steps, broken concrete/pavement ...
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Safety Through the Seasons 2023
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-through-seasons-2023
re-published in your own newsletters or programs. If you have safety-related questions or program ideas that ...