“That is when I started talking about silage safety,” said Bolsen, whose wife, Ruthie, joined his crusade. They have traveled the country talking about silage safety to anyone who would listen.

Silage making time is a high risk time, due to the movement of machinery, persons and grass loads. However safety risks can be minimised by good planning and active consultation between farmers and ...

Identifying silage safety principles is one of the aims of Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health. This University of Nebraska Medical Center group conducting two research projects ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

Farmers are reminded to prioritise safety as many prepare to start first-cut silage making, following one of the wettest winters on record. Rural insurer NFU Mutual has released a silage checklist ...

Corn silage making season will soon be upon us. It's important to take the time to communicate with employees proper protocols while making silage, along with safe practices around silage piles or ...

A video on Twitter showing a deadly brown gas escaping from a freshly clamped silage pit has sparked a health and safety warning, after the gas was identified as the highly dangerous Nitrogen Dioxide ...

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is reminding farmers and contractors to take extra care when ...

Thats according to Jim Dockery, National Health and Safety Officer with Farm Relief Services, the national organisation which operates 22 offices nationwide and employs 3,000 contract farm operators ...

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As the silage season gets underway in West Kerry, Annascaul native Pat Rohan has urged locals and visitors alike to be extra vigilant over the next few weeks. According to Pat, who is the Chairman of ...

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