Teaching children to think about farm safety is the goal of the Lambton Farm Safety Association.
The group recently held their annual Progressive Agricultural Safety Day in Alvinston. Approximately 130 children attended to see presentations on hydro safety, lawnmower safety, flowing grain hazards, sun and weather safety, emergency response planning, coping with accident disabilities, tractor safety, and a 911 simulation.
Participants enjoyed games, snacks, and lunch with a take home bag that included t-shirts and hats. Tracey Cross spoke to the group sharing her son’s tragic death due to a farm accident and the day concluded with a PTO demonstration by Farm Safety consultant Ron Jones.
Local sponsors were Lambton Federation of Agriculture, Cargill Ag Horizon, Lambton County Milk Committee, Gay Lea, North Lambton Community Health Centre, Advantage Farm Equip., Country Farm Seeds, Dekalb, Kucera Utility and Farm Equip., Monsanto, Podolinsky Farm Equip., South West Ag Partners Ltd., Wanstead Co-op, Bev Shipley MP, Pat Davidson MP, Farm Credit Corporation, Barb Dickenson broker Great West Realty, Brooke Women’s Institute Sunnybrooke Women’s Institute Aughrim Women’s Institute and Kwik Copy. Progressive Agriculture is sponsored nationally by Bunge, Toyota, The Farm Credit System Foundation, State Farm Insurance, John Deere, CaseIH, Kawasaki, Monsanto, Pioneer, and Shell Lubricants.
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