Ottawa puts $1.07 million into national farm-safety programs

The federal government is providing up to $1,071,532 over two years to the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association for national farm-safety work.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced the contribution on September 20 through the AgriCompetitiveness Program. The funding is intended to support safety campaigns, training, injury-prevention research and mental-health resources for agricultural workers and their families.

Planned work includes the association’s BeGrainSafe program, which trains farm workers and firefighters on grain-entrapment risks. The funding will also support youth safety programming, tools aimed at women in agriculture and work to improve farm-injury data.

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is a national non-profit organization focused on preventing illness and injury in the agricultural sector. The announcement describes a contribution of “up to” the stated amount, meaning the final federal payment may depend on program terms and eligible costs.

Details are in the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada release, published September 20.

Featured image: Illustrative stock photo of a combine harvesting a Canadian field; it does not depict a funded activity. Photo: Andrew Draper / Unsplash. Cropped for publication.