Shelby County Farm Bureau member Leah Fullenkamp started a distracted driving campaign after her husband was killed in a tractor/car collision.
Amy Beth Graves - March 3
farm safety
Amy Beth Graves - March 3
Nationwide Insurance - March 2
Excessive roof snow load can cause barn to collapse
It’s important to calculate your roof load and be adequately insured for this type of situation.
Tim Hicks - Feb. 8
Nationwide Agribusiness Risk Management Virtual Sessions available
Ohio Farm Bureau promotes and provides relevant safety training opportunities to help maintain employer eligibility for workers’ comp group rating discounts.
Nationwide Insurance - Jan. 22
Nationwide launches contest to shed light on grain bin safety
The program has saved lives and provided rescue training to first responders across 29 states.
Nationwide Insurance - July 28, 2020
Remember farm safety during COVID-19 pandemic
As with other industries, the pandemic presents health and safety implications for agriculture.
Nationwide Insurance - July 28, 2020
3 Ohio fire departments awarded rescue tubes
Nationwide’s Nominate Your Fire Department Contest aims to address the lack of specialized resources available to rural fire departments that are responding to bin entrapments.
Nationwide Insurance - Feb. 4, 2020
2020 Grain Bin Safety Week, safety contest
Each year, some farmers risk their lives when they enter large grain bins to remove clumped or rotting grain while machinery is still running. Much like quicksand, flowing grain can bury a worker within seconds. Because these accidents have become…
Lynn Snyder - Oct. 18, 2019
Nationwide announces 2019 grain bin rescue tube winners
Every time farmers and grain handlers step into a grain bin to remove clumped or rotting grain, they risk their lives. It only takes seconds to be completely engulfed in flowing grain or suffocated and overcome by oxygen-deficient atmospheres. Added…
Ohio Farm Bureau Staff - Oct. 8, 2019
Legal with Leah: SMV, SIS sign usage
With farm equipment on rural roads this fall, farmers should be sure their Slow Moving Vehicle and Speed Identification Symbol signs are properly displayed. Just as important, motorists should know what those signs mean. Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis…
Kelli Milligan Stammen - Sept. 20, 2019
Making safe farms a reality in northeast Ohio
First responders in rural communities across the state have an acute need for grain bin rescue training, but a finite amount of availability to take such training. That’s about to change. From that knowledge came a vision that is taking…