As an industry, it’s time for those of us in agriculture to acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: we are getting older. According to the latest agriculture census data, the average age of Canadian farmers is now 56, while the average age of farm operators has risen to 58. That same data confirms that these older farmers […] Read more
Stories by Ian Chitwood
Farm safety moves beyond the usual
Stress is a major contributor to farm accidents, so we at AgSafe Alberta are worried. Not only has this been an unusually stressful year for farmers, we are also heading into one of the busiest and intense periods for grain farms — harvest. In 2019, there were 20,405 injuries on farms in Alberta alone. Considering […] Read more
