This Farm Safety Week, the National Farmers’ Federation is urging farmers to take stock of what safety means to all farm participants whatever their age. (more…)
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Farmers back hard-hitting safety campaign
Victorian farmers are encouraging each other to put safety on the top of their daily to-do lists as part of an ongoing campaign to change industry attitudes towards safety. (more…)
Focus on education programs to help make farms safer
Two new educational programs supported by the Victorian Government will be rolled out for rural and regional school students to start changing attitudes towards safety on farms from an early age. (more…)
A new perspective on biosecurity gate signs
Bushfires affected thousands of hectares of agricultural land in Australia this summer, burning homes, crops, standing and stored animal feed supplies, fences, yards, sheds and machinery. (more…)
Last chance for farmers to claim $1,200 quad bike safety rebate
Farmers have less than a month to claim a $1,200 rebate for two quad bike operator protection devices (OPDs) or a safer alternative farm vehicle before the Quad Bike Safety Rebate Scheme closes on 30 September 2019. (more…)
Six hospital visits a day from quad bike accidents
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is imploring farmers to use extreme care when using quad bikes, install an operator protection device (OPD) and consider alternative, safer farm vehicles. (more…)