Farm safety

Grain storage expert, Chris Warrick, urges growers to assess the safety and functionality of their silos well ahead of this year's harvest. Credit: Chris Warrick.
CROPPING

Growers urged to check silos ahead of harvest

Farmers are being warned to check silos following multiple silo-related deaths and injuries.

22 July 2024

Safety Champs
AGRIBUSINESS

BASF and AgLink join forces for Safety Champs program

Safety Champs program up and running to help promote farm safety for kids.

22 July 2024

Cotton producer, Jamie Grant, introduced SwarmFarm robots to their operation around four years ago, which has helped reduce the safety risks associated with completing mundane tasks. Credit: Ben White, Kondinin Group.
AGRIBUSINESS

Enhancing safety for aging farmers

Farmsafe turns the spotlight on mitigating the risks for older farmers.

19 July 2024

Farmsafe Australia is encouraging producers to prioritise first aid training as part of its "In Safe Hands" campaign. Credit: Yuri A (PeopleImages.com), Shutterstock.
AGRIBUSINESS

Safety campaign highlights the importance of first aid

Farmsafe's latest "In Safe Hands" video promotes the critical role of first aid training.

17 July 2024

Farmsafe Australia releases the first video for its "In Safe Hands" campaign. Credit: Maxim Ibragimov, Shutterstock.
AGRIBUSINESS

Farmsafe releases first "In Safe Hands" farm story

NFF president, David Jochinke, shares how they prioritise wellbeing on their farm.

15 July 2024

Farmsafe Australia has launched its "In Safe Hands" campaign for National Farm Safety week. Credit: Farmsafe Australia.
AGRIBUSINESS

Farmsafe launches "In Safe Hands" campaign

Farmsafe launches National Farm Safety Week campaign and 2024 Safer Farms Report.

15 July 2024

WorkSafe is urging farmers to be aware of the risks when using grain handling equipment like self-propelled augers and telehandlers. Credit: Mark Saunders.
AGRIBUSINESS

Farm death prompts safety warning

WorkSafe has issued a safety reminder on plant equipment following the death of a Victorian farmer.

11 July 2024

Telehandlers will be a focus of the VFF's Making our Farms Safer project this year. Photo: Mark Saunders.
MACHINERY

Farm safety program funding extended

Victorian 'Making our Farms Safer' project given funding extension.

07 June 2024

PARTNER CONTENT

Utrisha N: The new biostimulant boosting broadacre yield potential

Extensive trials conducted across Australia show boosted yields in a wide range of

PARTNER CONTENT

Maximise your nitrogen use efficiency

Losing nitrogen to the environment can be costly.

PARTNER CONTENT

Safety first for the year ahead

Since 1870, Blundstone, have supported & protecting farmers across Australia from

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Precise and Productive Seeding Equipment

The success of next year's harvest begins now, with strong preparation and planning.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: Grain Storage (August 2024)

This month's Research Report from Kondinin Group looks at the benefits and challenges associated with ground level storage with a focus on growers who have done it successfully.

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Research Report: Grouper Bins (July 2024)

This month's Research Report from Kondinin Group looks at a range of Australian-made grouper bins which can make a big difference when it comes to input logistics on the farm.

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Research Report: Carbon Calculators (June 2024)

Farming Ahead's June Research Report compares two carbon calculators which can be used by grain growers.

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Research Report: High Horsepower Tractors (May 2024)

Kondinin Group has rounded up some real broadacre muscle in this Research Report - looking at 447kW (600hp)-plus tractors.