Drivers: Take precautions during harvest season
It’s harvest season, and taking precautions on the road is critical to the safety of drivers and the farm community.
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In-person worker’s compensation training held
Covered topics included rural road safety, the future of safety training, SURWSP - Expense Recovery Opportunity, Division of Safety and Hygiene overview and update, and 'Better you, Better Ohio!'
Adams, Brown, Clermont and Highland County Farm Bureaus hosted a Workers’ Compensation Training Session where members could attend, network with other Farm Bureau members, and watch virtual training videos to fulfill their annual safety training requirement. Covered topics included rural road safety, the future of safety training, SURWSP – Expense Recovery Opportunity, Division of Safety and Hygiene overview and update, and “Better you, Better Ohio!” Each year, employers who are participating in Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Group Rating Programs must participate in a basic level of safety training to enhance their workplace safety. Visit the Ohio Farm Bureau’s designated Worker Compensation webpage for additional information on the Group Rating Program. An employer has many options to conveniently complete the safety requirement each year.
Having opportunities to attend leadership institutes, advocate for rural Ohioans on the state and national level, facilitate young ag professionals events, and serve in a variety of leadership positions have helped my skills grow exponentially.
Labor has always been an issue, mainly because we are a seasonal operation. So that's a challenge finding somebody who only wants to work three months out of a year, sometimes up to six months.
If it wasn't for Farm Bureau, I personally, along with many others, would not have had the opportunity to meet with our representatives face to face in Washington.
I was gifted the great opportunity through an Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation Youth Pathways grant to run a series of summer camps here. That really expanded my vision of what ‘grow, maintain, sustain and explain’ could actually be.
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