AGRICULTURE Victoria has issued a warning for farmers to watch for heating hay as intermittent rain interrupts the hay-making process in some areas of the state…Read More
Sheep Central, November 27, 2024
A NOVEL but safety-minded approach to highlighting the issue of unsafe livestock loading ramps has gained significant support in recent months…Read More
Sheep Central, November 27, 2024
VICTORIAN paramedic and farmer Tom Connellan has seen the consequences of farm accidents and knows that small changes to how farmers approach safety can be the difference between life and death…Read More
Sheep Central, October 8, 2024
SEVERAL Australian grower organisations have welcomed the Federal Court’s ruling that key agricultural chemical glyphosate is safe to use as directed…Read More
Sheep Central, July 26, 2024
FARMSAFE Australia is encouraging farm businesses to embrace safety as a personal responsibility as part of the annual National Farm Safety Week running from July 14-20…Read More
Sheep Central, July 15, 2024
ONE SAD fact unites all of us who work in and around agriculture; we have been rocked by the news of someone who has died alone while out on the farm…Read More
Liz Wells, June 24, 2024
A $600,000 grant has ensured the Victorian Farmers Federation’s Making our Farms Safer project will continue to run until 2025…Read More
Sheep Central, June 5, 2024
SAFETY authorities have issued a warning after a recent spate of farm vehicle related deaths and injuries in New South Wales..Read More
Sheep Central, March 15, 2024
MORE than 1000 farm safety packs for children were delivered last year through a partnership of chemical company BASF Australia and the ag product and service network group AgLink Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, January 17, 2024
THE safety of most new or imported second-hand quad bikes sold in Australia will be supported by a new standard from next week, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…Read More
Sheep Central, October 6, 2021
THE National Farmers’ Federation is urging farmers to take stock of what safety means to all farm participants whatever their age during National Farm Safety Week…Read More
Sheep Central, July 19, 2021
FARMSAFE Australia has released its National Farm Safety Education Fund Strategy, aimed at significantly reducing injuries and fatalities in agriculture by 2030…Read More
Sheep Central, March 17, 2021