Keep Your Farm Site Safe

By UNMC, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, Omaha

What do you want to protect?

That’s the first question Purdue University College of Agriculture’s Fred Whitford advises farmers to ask when considering how to make their farm site safer.

“With all of today’s rules and regulations, farmers may find it challenging to add another task,” Whitford says. “Right now may be a good time to make your site more secure. Theft and vandalism tend to increase during cycles of high fuel and chemical prices. But set up something you will use and can maintain, otherwise you’re wasting time...