Canadian Agricultural Safety Week Urges Farmers to ‘Get with the Plan’

Mar 12, 2013

Agriculture Safety Week Encourages Farmers to Make Health and Safety Plans

If you didn’t know already, this week is designated as Canadian Agriculture Safety Week - running from March 10th to 16th, 2013.

Agriculture safety week is put on by the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with the Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC). Safety week is held annually in the third week of March in an effort to put a spotlight on the importance of farm safety.

This year’s theme is called ‘Get with the Plan’ which focuses on encouraging farmers to create their own written health and safety plans. This year’s emphasis comes after a recent survey found that although 85% of Canadian farmers believe that safety is important on farm, less than 9% have a written agriculture safety plan. This year’s campaign is designed to work on bringing more awareness to this issue, with the hope to bridge this gap.

More information about agriculture safety week can be found at: agsafteyweek.ca. Or follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #casw.

Video: Sow Welfare and Group Housing Systems - Dr. Laya Alves

In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Laya Alves from the University of São Paulo, in Brazil, discusses how animal welfare regulations are evolving globally and their impact on pig production systems. She explains challenges in group housing, pain management, and euthanasia decisions, while highlighting the role of training and management in improving outcomes and economic sustainability. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Translating welfare requirements into daily farm routines without compromising economic sustainability remains one of the biggest challenges faced by producers globally today."

Meet the guest: Dr. Laya Alves / laya-kannan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on animal welfare in pig production, including pain management, euthanasia, and economic decision making. Her work integrates welfare science with practical farm management and sustainability. She collaborates globally to develop applied tools for producers.