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Rural and Farm Stress
https://agsafety.osu.edu/node/569
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Grain Bin Safety Week: Safety Assessment Questions
Lisa Pfeifer – Educational Program Manager, Ag Safety and Health Program Preparedness is a concept with which we are all familiar. We learn where and how to exit a building in the event of a fire in grade school and that learning continues to build from t ...
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Safe Equipment Operation During the Winter
Richard Purdin, OSU Extension, Adams County ANR/CD Educator When winter weather strikes it can cause a lot of stress on farmers. Farm equipment is essential in today’s agriculture production setting. Safe operation of farm equipment is important no matte ...
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On Thin Ice? Ice Safety Tips for Outdoor Activities
Beth Scheckelhoff, ANR Extension Educator Putnam County Rivers, lakes, and backyard ponds across Ohio are finally freezing. While these newly frozen surfaces seem perfect for winter outdoor activities like skating, sledding, ice fishing, or snowmobilin ...
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Working in Cold Temperatures
Warm weather turned to cooler, wet, and muddy weather and now cold weather has arrived to stay for a few months. It is interesting to note that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) documents that there are more deaths in the United States due to cold we ...
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Willpower: Some Help with New Year’s Resolutions
Joseph Maiorano, PhD, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Harrison County I imagine that some of you may look forward to something different in 2022. If so, New Year’s resolutions may help you accomplish that goal, but resolutions, sometimes, ...
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Think Differently: A Path Toward Tranquility
Joseph Maiorano, PhD, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Harrison County Farming, as life, is neither easy nor predictable, and it does not ask our permission. We make mistakes, others treat us unfairly, and conditions don’t cooperate. ...
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Do You Get the Winter Blues?
Bridget Britton, Behavioral Health Field Specialist ANR Those that work in the agriculture industry know that it doesn’t matter the time of year, it is always busy. The Winter season is no different it just has its own unique demands. However, there may b ...
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The Thriving Farmer – Information to Help Farmers and Their Families Make Healthful Choices
Joseph Maiorano, OSU Extension, FCS Educator Harrison County Lunch: The Fuel You’ll Need Farmer, you work hard. During a 10-15-hour workday, you will burn between 2,500 and 6,750 calories (captaincalclulator.com, nd)! Before leaving for work, you may eat ...
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Rural Roads in the Autumn
https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/rural-roads-autumn
Wayne Dellinger, ANR Educator Union County Harvest season started several weeks ago and in many areas is well over halfway complete. With the changing of the seasons, we also see changes that need to be considered when it comes to roadway safety in agric ...