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  1. It’s Time to Break Down the Stigma

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/it%E2%80%99s-time-break-down-stigma

    challenge in effort to prevent a future suicide.  How is this affecting our community? The agricultural ... community is  1.5 times  more likely to die by suicide than any other population in the United States ... according to a CDC study published in 2017. Suicides are up by over 40% in the last 20 years according to ...

  2. Grain Bin Safety Week: Safety Assessment Questions

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/grain-bin-safety-week-safety-assessment

    with which we are all familiar. We learn where and how to exit a building in the event of a fire in ... of a building you enter, subconsciously marking a route out in the event of an emergency. You may ... that specific planning. Our brains file away information in split-seconds constantly. Reflect on your ...

  3. Mad Cow Nervousness May Drive Consumers Away from Beef

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/mad-cow-nervousness-may-drive-consumers-away-beef

    sets the pace for the summer demand season for beef. It looks like we are in for damp weather, ... chicken and pork will go on the grill rather than beef.” Roe, an assistant professor in the Department ... beef if they think there is any potential that the U.S. market might have some beef associated with mad ...

  4. Largemouth Bass Production and Marketing Focus of Workshop

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/largemouth-bass-production-and-marketing-focus-workshop

    takes to produce largemouth bass, from reproduction to marketing. Kentucky State University ... April 8, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio-- From a sport fish to a food fish, largemouth bass is increasing in ... popularity in Ohio. The state is currently ranked 4th in the nation in pounds of largemouth bass produced. ...

  5. Safe Equipment Operation During the Winter

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/safe-equipment-operation-during-winter

    cause a lot of stress on farmers. Farm equipment is essential in today’s agriculture production setting. ... potentially get injured operating farm equipment when snow, ice, and frigid temperatures roll in. Entering and ... increases especially when steps and handrails are covered in ice and snow. During the winter it is expected ...

  6. Producer Certification First Step Toward Beef Industry Alliance

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/producer-certification-first-step-toward-beef-industry-alliance

    processors and limiting beef production and marketing in the area. "It's harder for small beef ... the program will be certified in such areas as beef quality assurance, health and well being, ... ownership of their product through the production process to consumer marketing, the beef industry lacks ...

  7. U-Pick Apple Orchard Safety

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2021/u-pick-apple-orchard-safety

    (example:  nuts on the caramel apples in Market Barn) Lack of Maintenance  Tractors & Wagons for ... farm.  As a farmer, it is a great way to diversify your business and bring in a much higher farm income on ... Visitor Risks to Consider Unstable Footing Areas:   Loose apples on the ground Uneven areas in orchards ...

  8. Ohio Signature Beef

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-signature-beef

    product — raised, processed and packaged right here in Ohio — is quickly finding a market with consumers ... downtrodden by the competition of U.S. beef production. "Consumers spend roughly $2 billion a year in ... Ohio on beef products. Only about 3 percent of that comes from beef raised in Ohio. The rest of that ...

  9. New Beef Position to Focus on Animal Care, Food Safety and Profitability

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-beef-position-focus-animal-care-food-safety-and-profitability

    position in Ohio State University Extension will address animal welfare, beef management and production, ... and director of OSU Extension. The OSU Extension Beef Coordinator position will be based out of The ... Ohio State University South Centers in Piketon, Ohio, and will be funded in partnership with the Ohio ...

  10. Working in Cold Temperatures

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/newsletter/ag-safety-stat/safety-through-seasons-2022/working-cold-temperatures

    are more deaths in the United States due to cold weather exposure (hypothermia) than hot weather ... exposure (hyperthermia) each year.  The CDC has also tracked an average of 1,300 deaths per year in the US ... due to hypothermia.  Many jobs are affected little with the change in temperature outside, but others ...

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