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Beware of Machine Hazards
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Beware of Machine Hazards

This brochure discusses machine hazards and precautions to avoid injury....

Chain Saw Safety
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Chain Saw Safety

This brochure discusses a number of factors which can make chain saws hazardous....

Grain Storage Problems Are Increasing the Dangers to Farm Operators
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Grain Storage Problems Are Increasing the Dangers to Farm Operators

This grain quality fact sheet explains flowing grain entrapments, four primary accident categories, and offers tips to protect you from entrapment and suffocation. It also discusses respiratory hazards, how to reduce...

Managing Aspergillus Ear Rot and Aflatoxin
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Managing Aspergillus Ear Rot and Aflatoxin

This brochure offers quick tips to help grain producers, livestock producers, and storage and handling personnel minimize the risk posed by aflatoxin. Additional information is available on the Managing Moldy Corn websi...

Managing Farm Chemicals (brochure)
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Managing Farm Chemicals (brochure)

The manner in which you handle and manage all types of farm chemicals can have a major impact on the worth of your property. Planning for emergencies is a vital component of good chemical management. This brochure provid...

Managing Moldy Grain
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Managing Moldy Grain

Molds are a concern because they can reduce grain quality and storability. Under some conditions, certain molds can produce mycotoxins, substances that can be harmful to livestock and humans. This brochure explains basic...

Pesticide Benefits Assessment
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Pesticide Benefits Assessment

Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), OPP is required to consider the benefits that pesticides provide to the United States public. Benefits assessments measure the potential economic imp...

Pesticides and Container Management
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Pesticides and Container Management

Proper management of pesticide containers generally is a straightforward procedure, but it requires careful thought and a proper attitude. Appropriate transportation and storage of pesticides help protect the environment...

Pesticides and Personal Protective Equipment
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Pesticides and Personal Protective Equipment

Decisions about personal protective equipment (PPE) are challenging for pesticide users on farms and in gardens, pest control businesses, and greenhouses. This publication discusses the links between safety, attitude, an...

Pesticides and Spill Management
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Pesticides and Spill Management

Discusses what to do when there is a pesticide spill. Tells who you must call and who you may need to call. Gives phone numbers for these people. Provides a list of emergency people and gives room to put their phone nu...

Plugging Abandoned Water Wells: A Landowner's Guide
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Plugging Abandoned Water Wells: A Landowner's Guide

This publication discusses the Indiana regulations about abandoned wells, and the procedures that landowners must use to seal up different types of abandoned wells....

Safety with Agricultural and Industrial Rotary Mowers
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Safety with Agricultural and Industrial Rotary Mowers

This brochure discusses safety practices and maintenance for safety with agricultural and industrial rotary mowers....

When Floods Threaten
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When Floods Threaten

This handy chart provides a quick list of steps agricultural retailers should take when floods threaten their facilities. It is a companion piece to Purdue Extension publication PPP-87, Plan Today For Tomorrow's Flood: A...