National Plan For Agricultural
Safety Research Announced
AMES, lowa The culmina
tion of two years work by agricul
tural safety specialists from
across the country has resulted in
the recently released “The Na
tional Agenda for Action, Na
tional Land Grant Research and
Extension Agenda for Agricultur
al Safety and Health.”
The report outlines the 12 key
areas where land grant institu
tions and agricultural experiment
stations should focus future safe
ty research. It was created by the
NCR-197 Committee on Agricul
tural Safe Health Research and
Extension.
The group’s members come
from 18 land grant institutions,
the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), and the Na
tional Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Sixteen new dairy farms have been chosen
as Dairies of Distinction in Pennsylvania
this year. Be sure to check out these
picturesque and well-managed farmsteads
in Lancaster Farming’s Dairy of Distinction
issue July 26. Each farm will be shown in full color with a
write-up describing the family and dairy operation.
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Charles V. Schwab, associate
professor, Ag and Biosystems En
gineering, lowa State University
and chair, NCR-197 committee,
said “This historical document
marks the first published nation
al agricultural safety and health
agenda for action by the land
grant system since 1943, when
the first cooperative extension
specialist for safety was appoint
ed in Wisconsin.”
Agricultural production in the
U.S. has historically been recog
nized as one of the most hazard
ous of all industrial categories.
Most other industries have bene
fited from enhanced workplace
safety and expanded workplace
safety regulations. However,
farms and ranches have experi
enced little reduction in the rate
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Model 1345 that combines center-pivot
maneuverability with a 12-foot cut.
of workplace deaths and injuries
over the past decade.
The fatality rate for agricultur
al workers is estimated to more
than six times that of other in
dustries (22.5 per 100,000 versus
3.8 per 100,000). Currently an av
erage of 740 people lose their
lives and another 130,000 work
ers are temporarily or perma
nently disabled each year doing
farm and ranch work.
About 75 percent of farm-re
lated fatalities involve tractors
and machinery, with the single
most significant cause of death
being tractor overturns. The re
maining workplace fatalities are
distributed over a wide variety of
causes ranging from livestock-re
lated injuries to suffocation in
flowing material.
In addition, farm and ranch
families face increased hazards of
rural transportation and the in
tersection of work, recreation,
and home that results in broad
exposure to workplace hazards
that don’t exist in most other in
dustries.
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of U
Distinction
The entire report may be found
at the following Web address:
http://www.tmvc.iastate.edu/
NCRI97.
The 1345 offers the quality, convenience
and reliability features that Hesston has a
reputation for providing, like a modular spur
gear design, which allows each gear assem
bly and adjacent idler gear to be individually
removed and serviced. Thanks to the gear
to-gear drive, Hesston’s modular design also
offers a lower profile for closer cutting.
Featuring a unique eccentric linkage that
allows the conditioner rolls to temporarily
separate, eject a slug and reset - automati
cally - to save you time and hassle.
Hempt Cup Polo Match
Rescheduled to August 16
MECHANICSBURG (Cum
berland Co.) Harrisburg Oper
a’s biggest annual fundraiser, the
Hempt Cup Polo Classic, will
take place Saturday, August 16
at Hempt Field, Carlisle Pike,
Mechanicsburg.
Originally planned for June 14,
the event was rescheduled after
vandalism and the wet weather
made the field unplayable.
Also new is a tailgating compe
tition open to all, with celebrity
judges and prizes for the most
original theme, most elegant tail
gate, best pavilion, and best hat.
The day opens with canine
relay races featuring the Jetset
Flyball Dogs. Flyball features
relay teams of four dogs that race
over hurdles, jump on a spring
loaded box which releases a ten
nis ball, catch the ball and race
back to start.
The day continues with the
start of the Hempt Cup Polo
Classic, which pits the West
Shore Polo Club team against the
visiting Lancaster Polo Club. In
polo, teams of four mounted
players hit a hard white ball
3'/2-inches in diameter with
4'/2-foot long mallets from the
backs of their 1,000 pound thor
oughbreds, while galloping 20 to
35 miles an hour. The goal is to
Final Rule Issued On Common
Crop Insurance Basic Provisions
WASHINGTON, D.C.
USDA’s Risk Management
Agency (RMA) last week an
nounced the Common Crop In
surance Policy (Basic Provisions)
final rule in accordance with the
Agriculture Risk Protection Act
of 2000 (ARP A).
The Basic Provisions were re
cently published in the Federal
Register and are effective for the
2004 crop year for crops with a
contract change date of June 30,
2003, and later.
“ARPA charged the USDA
and RMA to enhance the Federal
crop insurance program to better
serve our nation’s agricultural
producers,” said Administrator
Ross J. Davidson Jr. “RMA looks
forward to working diligently
with the insurance companies in
accomplishing this goal and im
plementing these new rules.”
The Basic Provisions provide
general policy terms and condi
tions applicable to most crops in
sured under the Federal crop in
surance program. These are used
in conjunction with specific crop
score by hitting the ball between
the uprights at each end of the
field, which is the size of ten foot
ball fields. Defensive plays in
clude hooking an opposing play
er’s mallet, bumping a player’s
galloping horse at up to a 45 de
gree angle with one’s own, and
“riding off,” or pushing a play
er’s horse off the line of the ball
with one’s own mount.
Audience participation contin
ues at halftime. Rodney Owens,
“The Celtic Piper,” will provide
bagpipe music for the traditional
halftime divot stomp. The divot
stomp gives spectators an oppor
tunity to help maintain safe field
conditions for players and ponies.
The gates open at 1 p.m. and
the match begins at 3 p.m.
Fieldside patron parking
spaces, including reserved side
line parking for one vehicle, four
chairs, and four adult admis
sions, cost $lOO. VIP admission
including admission to the VIP
tent, food, drink, and parking is
$3O. General admission is $lO.
Admission for children under age
12 and general admission park
ing is free. To reserve a sponsor
or patron space, or for more in
formation, phone (717) 506-2203.
provisions to provide producers
with insurance coverage for their
agricultural commodities. To
comply with ARPA mandates,
RMA made changes to select
terms and conditions in the Basic
Provisions. For example, the final
rule includes limits on multiple
insurance benefits on the same
acreage in the same crop year; al
lows a second crop to be planted
on acreage where a first crop was
prevented from being planted;
and adds an informal review pro
cess for determinations regarding
“good farming practices.”
A number of additional
changes to the Basic Provision
were proposed, but not carried
forward in this final rule. These
proposed changes will be ad
dressed in a subsequent final rule
and will not be effective until the
2005 crop year.
Interested producers should
contact their agent regarding the
Common Crop Insurance Policy
Basic Provisions. A list of crop
insurance agents is available at
local Farm Service Agency offices
or by using RMA’s
n Agent Locatoi at: http:/
/ww w3.rma.usda.gov/
tools/agents/.
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