Farm safety week highlights keeping workers safe on farms
National Farm Safety Week emphasizes safety training for all farm employees. Kansas State University extension agent urges written safety policies, regular reviews, and clear emergency plans. Key steps include hazard awareness, PPE, fire extinguishers, safe lifting, machine operation rules, ready manuals, emergency numbers, first aid training, and reporting unsafe conditions for prevention and cost savings.
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IMF urges major cuts in farm subsidies worldwide
The IMF says global direct and indirect farm support totaled 31 percent of farm income in 1999 2001, with U S farmers at 22 percent. Removing subsidies and trade barriers could boost the global economy by about 128.2 billion annually, benefiting wealthy nations more but aiding poor nations as well. The report notes regional gains except the Middle East and North Africa and ties farm policy to WTO talks and the U S farm bill signed by President Bush.
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Georgia farmers salvage crops after Hanna storm hits South
In Donalsonville, Georgia, farmers scramble to salvage 650 acres of peanuts and 1,300 acres of cotton as 14 to 16 inches of rain floods Seminole County. Officials warn of multi million dollar losses while North and South Carolina discuss cotton damage from Gustav and Hanna. Cotton yields drop with rain while peanuts face harvest delays and wet field challenges. Willard Mims reports standing water in fields and plans to plow wet peanut rows to minimize loss.
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Farm service meeting set for Oct 1 in Garden City
A planning meeting on base and yield information is scheduled October 1 at the 4 H Building Finney County Fairgrounds Garden City. Attendees include Jody Wilson Lorraine Claussen Whitey Whitehill and Troy Dumler who will run the session and explain the new farm bill signups begin October 3 appointments via Farm Service Agency 275-0211 extension 7.
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Garden City
Jody Wilson
Lorraine Claussen
Whitey Whitehill
County Agriculture Extension
Troy Dumler
Southwest Area Extension
Farm Service Agency
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