MACHINERY

Farmers and farm workers insight needed

Do you use quad bikes for spraying on your farm? If so, your input is needed for the National Centre for a Farmer Health (NCFH) run survey.

Staff writer
 Use the QR code to access the online NCFH survey.

Use the QR code to access the online NCFH survey.

NCFH is seeking farmers and farm workers aged 18 to 75 years to complete a short 10-minute online survey about agrichemical spraying and quadbike use.

Participating in the survey will help researchers understand the extent to which quadbikes are used to apply agrichemicals, what agrichemicals are applied using this method and how the task may lead to injury.

 Ultimately this will contribute to preventing quadbike related injury or death.

If you spray agrichemicals on farm but don't use a quadbike, the NCFH still would like to hear from you.

A link to the survey can be found at https://bit.ly/3AhpW0q or scan the QR code in the image at the top of the page.

For further information contact Jordan Walker on walkerjor@deakin.edu.au or on 0407 549 568.

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