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on-farm safety

Greeting the summer visitors

January 21, 2022 by Lauren Hale

Contributed by: New Zealand Walking Access Commission Summer can be a busy time for farm managers. Among the pressures they face are more people who may want permission to cross their land. Many families and tourists head into the outdoors over the holidays. So farmers and landholders have more people walking and cycling in their […]

Sunsmart farming, is smart farming 

October 14, 2021 by Matthew Boyle

Federated Farmers is throwing its support behind the Melanoma New Zealand campaign to save farmers’ lives from skin cancer.  The annual campaign for this year ‘Get Spotted’ has just wrapped up, but the Melanoma New Zealand quest to see zero lives lost in New Zealand from melanoma goes on.  Federated Farmers vice president and Wairarapa […]

Top shots capture on-farm safety theme

September 21, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Federated Farmers launched a safety awareness campaign at the start of September to try to avoid a spike of on-farm fatalities in spring such as occurred last year. Vice-president and healthy and safety spokesperson for Federated Farmers, Karen Williams, was determined to engage with rural New Zealand and encourage safe practices. The safety on-farm photo […]

A shepherd’s warning

September 6, 2021 by Wayne Langford

Pink sky in the morning is a shepherds warning, but today I’d like to give a little warning of my own. This time last year in New Zealand we had five deaths on farm. That’s five families that are absolutely heartbroken this year as they are forced to relive the tragic events that struck their […]

Safety first for on-farm photo competition

September 3, 2021 by Lauren Hale

This time last year New Zealand lost five people in on-farm workplace accidents.  We can’t let that happen again this year.  Federated Farmers and our strategic partner Yamaha have teamed up to put together a photo competition to remind farmers, growers and their families how important it is to take care at work, in winter, […]

New project to improve on-farm health and safety

August 9, 2021 by Lauren Hale

A new DairyNZ and ACC project is looking at improving the health and safety of farmers, by reducing the occurrence of sprains and strains on-farm. The Reducing Sprains and Strains project is designed to develop solutions which support a sector-wide reduction in sprains and strains by 2030. DairyNZ general manager farm performance Sharon Morrell says […]

Health and safety, it’s not necessarily something you can call ‘just common sense’

June 21, 2021 by Lauren Hale

“Working in a rural role but desk-based has really made me reflect on the very different health and safety challenges of being ‘hands on’ on farm,” says Kieran McCahon. Kieran, Waikato/Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year, grew up on his family’s 1000-cow dairy farm on Northland’s Pouto Peninsula, near Dargaville. He gained […]

The job’s always going to be there – getting home safely is the main thing

June 14, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Working with ANZ’s rural lending team, Taranaki/Manawatu 2021 Young Farmer of the Year Jake Jarman sees real value in good health and safety practices. “In my experience, a farm that makes health and safety a priority is a productive and profitable farm,” he says. Jake’s own health and safety focus began with a solid grounding […]

Growing professionalism driving awareness of health and safety in shearing industry

June 8, 2021 by Lauren Hale

“Industry campaigns and growing professionalism are driving awareness of health and safety among shearers,” says national FMG Young Farmer of the Year finalist Joseph Watts. Yet, he still sees plenty of room for improvement. Joseph, from Waipukurau, will represent East Coast in the national competition. He began his rural career as a shearer, having completed […]

People can make mistakes, so you need those safeguards in place

May 25, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Sam Hodsell, the 2021 Otago-Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year, says it’s critical to identify and manage workplace risks on their farm – but he and his family are also actively putting tangible measures in place to help protect people if someone does make a mistake. “For instance, we’ve recently purchased and had big […]

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