HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) With the harvesting sea
son in full swing on farms, this is
no time to forget safety.
Every attempt to remind opera
tors and workers of safety first
should be make whenever possi
ble. There are some new warning
signs designed to promote safety
on farms and other agricultural
operations are now available.
The five signs alert farm work
ers to potential hazards of manure
storages, fires in oxygen-limiting
silos, pesticide storage areas, and
pesticide-treated fields or facili
ties, said Mr. Dennis Murphy, pro
fessor of agricultural engineering.
One new sign is designed to be
placed at each entrance to below
ground or covered manure stor
ages.
“This sign has a simple graphic
depicting a person being over
come by deadly manure gases,”
Murphy said. “You get the point
even before you read the words,
which warn you to enter the pit
only with a self-container air sup
ply, ventilation, rescue harness,
and someone standing by with a
mechanical lifting device.”
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Another sign points out the
drowning hazards of uncovered
manure storages and ponds. The
graphic shows a figure falling
through the crusted surface of a
manure pond.
Farmers with sealed or oxygen
limiting silos can buy signs in
dicating the explosion hazards us
ing water to fight fires in these
structures. One sign is meant to be
placed at ground level near the silo
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.
Craig Solberg, weather forecaster
and commodity trading advisor,
Freese-Notis Weather, Inc., Des
Moines, lowa, will be the featured
dinner speaker here at the Ameri
can Oat Association (AOA) An
nual Meeting on Thursday, De
cember 2.
Solberg contributes long-range
weather, crop production, and
commodity price forecasts for
Trade Winds, a monthly newslet
ter published by Freese-Notis
Weather, Inc. The company also
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blower pipe ladder, while a second
should be placed next to the silo
unloader.
“The two remaining signs ad
dress pesticide safety concerns,”
said Murphy. “One is designed to
be posted at each entrance to a fa
cility or field where pesticides
with reentry restrictions have re
cently been applied. Because this
sign will be used at fields and fa
cilities such as mushroom houses.
provides weather and commodity
information via a hotline and daily
market commentary. Solberg’s
talk is entitled “Trade Winds:
Crops and Climatology.”
The 1993 American Oat Asso
ciation meeting will be held at the
Sheraton Minneapolis Metro
dome, formerly the Metrodome
Hilton, on Thursday, December 2,
from 9 a.m. -10 p.m. Some of the
featured topics and speakers, for
the 1993 annual meeting “New
Business Developments in Oats”
arc:
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which employ many Hispanic
workers, its warnings are in both
English and Spanish.”
The final sign, to be placed at
each entrance to pesticide storage
facilities, warns people that they
are entering a pesticide storage
area and that fire in such a facility
will produce toxic fumes.
Each 10-by-14-inch warning
sign is made of .040 gauge alum
inum with a reflective surface dc-
Featured Speaker
• “Racehorse Oat Industry
Alive and Well in Dickinson,
N.D.” Alan Woodbury, Woody’s
Performance Horse Feed Pro
ducts, Dickinson, N.D.
• “Nurture’s Oat Products,”
Richard Hynson, Nurture, Inc.,
Missoula, Mont
• “Oat Milling Equipment,”
Heinz Baecker, Codema, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
• “The Integrated Farm Man-
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ven years. Each costs SS, or $4.75
in quantities of 100 or more, plus
shipping charges.
To order signs, or to get more
information, contact D.W. Miller
Industires, Inc., R.D. 1, Box 78,
Huntingdon, PA 16652. Pennsyl
vania residents can call (800)
222-1980 and others can call
(800) 331-3812.
agement Program What it Can
Mean for Oats,” Ferd Hoefner,
Sustainable Agriculture Coalition,
Washington, D.C.
The day’s events will also fea
ture a producer oat quality contest,
a summary report of the 1993
crop, a report on international oat
subsidies, and a panel discussion
on oat trading.
For more information, contact
AOA at (612) 542-9817.
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