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Needlestick Prevention Featured at Leman Conference

The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference is an annual educational event for the global swine industry. It is internationally acclaimed for bringing science-driven solutions to the complex challenges facing the industry.  The 2017 conference was held September 18 and 19.  Many of the attendees are swine veterinarians which are one of the stakeholders for …

UMASH Goes North to Big Iron

The Big Iron Farm Show was held September 12 – 14 at the fairgrounds in West Fargo, ND.  Carol Peterson from UMASH and Marsha Cheyney from Great Plain Center joined forces to represent our ag centers. …

SPOTLIGHT: Ag Teachers Go Back to Class

Megan Roberts, Assistant Extension Professor for the University of Minnesota, lead a pilot project to develop a curriculum for agriculture educators that focused on occupational health and safety. …

MMPA Spanish Dairy Management Workshop

UMASH collaborated with Minnesota Milk Producers Association on a Spanish Dairy Management Workshop on August 8, 2017 in Rochester, Minnesota. UMASH highlighted the Spanish resources in both positive animal handling and preventing needlestick injuries. …

UMASH at Minnesota Farmfest 2017

Minnesota Farmfest 2017 was held August 1-3, 2017 near Redwood Falls, MN.  This was the third year UMASH participated in the show to network and provide educational resources on farm safety and health directly to the farm owners, families and workers.  …

SPOTLIGHT: Firefighters Could be Key to Farm Safety

Rural firefighters are farmers’ neighbors, friends, family, or are farmers in their own right. They are a highly trainable and trusted workforce. Moreover, they are in every rural county in the U.S. and will always outnumber agricultural health and safety experts – unless they become experts themselves. …

SPOTLIGHT: Roadway Safety

It is important to take special precautions on the roadways during planting and harvesting season—whether you are a farmer or driver of a motor vehicle. In the Midwest region of the United States, more than 1,000 farm vehicle crashes occur each year and cause severe and fatal injuries. Most crashes (75%) result in an injury, usually with increased risk to the non-farm vehicle operator (such as a motor vehicle driver) compared to the farmer. The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health recently conducted a study reporting that wider roads (wider shoulder width, for example) and increased lighting and marking on farm equipment are both associated with reduced roadway crash rates. …

Minnesota Corn Growers Association Highlights UMASH Farm Safety Check

The Minnesota Corn Growers Association featured the UMASH Farm Safety Check in their recent article, “Safety review a year-round effort”. As part of the feature, they interviewed Dr. Bruce Alexander, Director of UMASH, about the importance of making safety a year-round habit on the farm, and the resources that are available through the UMASH Farm …