Central NE Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is pleased to announce the return of their annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day®. The event is planned for Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the Valley County Fairgrounds. Registration forms have been sent to area schools and parents should look for the forms being sent home with their children. Forms are also available at local UNL Extension Offices, and the Ord NRCS office. Parents may download and print a form or may use our fillable form. The fillable form can be saved with a unique name and emailed to proot2@unl.edu. Watch for a confirmation email.
Cargill has generously donated the registration fee for each child to attend the safety day, so there is no charge to families registering before the deadline of May 10th. It is anticipated that interest in attending will be very high this year, so early registration is encouraged. Registrations will be accepted until May 10th, or until the attendance is full - on a first registered basis. Please remember to send registrations to the address on the form and do not return them to the school. Each participant will receive a free lunch courtesy of GreenAmerica Biofuels of Ord, a take-home goody bag, and a safety day T-shirt. Many generous donations from local sponsors, businesses and community members ensure that each safety day is a fun and valuable learning experience, and that each participant will receive a goodie bag full of fun and useful safety and health items for themselves and their families to use this summer.
Progressive Agriculture Safety Days are for ALL youth who live in a rural area, and not just those who live on a farm or ranch. Children attending this year will participate in interactive sessions that reinforce the importance of taking responsibility for their own safety, respecting parents’ safety rules and sharing safety tips with their family and friends. Hands-on demonstrations reveal the hidden hazards of rural surroundings and teach participants how to avoid injury and what to do should an accident occur. Demonstrations this year will focus on: Rural Electric Safety, Grain Bin Entrapment and Equipment Safety, Animal Safety, Preventing Burns, School Safety, Chemical Look-a-Likes, and Water Safety.
Local sponsors of the Farm Safety Day in Ord include: AK Creations Tack & Trailer Sales, Ag Pro Insurance Inc./GTA Insurance Group, Agland Electric & Irrigation, American Family Insurance/Justin Thompson Agency, Inc., Anderson Pharmacy, Arcadia American Legion Post #251, Birkel Electric Services, Bossen Livestock, Brehm Healthmart Pharmacy, Burwell Dental Clinic, Burwell Family Practice Clinic, Burwell Feeders, Burwell Independent Oil Co., Burwell Livestock Market II LTD, Cabin Realty & Ag Services Inc., Central Area Insurance Inc./Greeley, Christensen Insurance Agency, Citizen Bank & Trust Co./St. Paul, Citizens State Bank/Spalding, Cornerstone Bank & Insurance/North Loup, Country Partners Coop, First Interstate Bank, First National Bank/Ord, First Nebraska Bank/Arcadia, Good Life Pharmacy, Grow Venture Insurance, Gumb Auction Realty, Lin & Marie Gumb, Gydesen Seed Company, Henderson State Bank/Greeley, Hillbill’s Diesel Ag & Auto, Homestead Bank/St. Paul, Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District, Jeffres & Sons Inc., Jeffres Sand & Gravel, Kruml Law Office, Kuszak Photography, L & D Crop Insurance, Lammers, Abel & Kaps, Loop Agency & Realty, Loup Basin Public Health Dept., Loup City Animal Clinic, Loup Valley Dental, Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District, Maschka’s Building Center, Maverick Fertilizer, Mid States Irrigation & Repair, Ord Sports Chiropractic & Wellness, Pathway Bank/Ord, Peters Funeral Home, Petska Backhoe & Plumbing Inc., Piskorski Dental Clinic, Popcorn County USA, Rowse Hydraulic Rakes Co. Inc., Schneider’s Parts House, Shelly K. Boyce Family Therapy, Shelter Insurance, Sikyta Law Office, Spelts Lumber & Hardware Co., Dan & Luella Spilinek, Springdale Title & Realty Inc., St. Paul Veterinary Clinic, State Bank of Scotia, Stowell, Geweke & Piskorski Law Office, Thoene Farm Service, Trotter Inc., Ulrich Gravel Inc., Union Bank & Trust/Taylor, Valley County Health System, Wells Air Service Inc., and XtraORDinary Gymnastics.
This summer, safety days are being held in many locations in the United States and Canada. International and state sponsors of the Progressive Agriculture Foundation hope participants will maintain a healthy respect for farm hazards throughout their lives, and that, ultimately, the numbers of deaths and injuries among rural children will decline. Progressive Agriculture Safety Days are sponsored nationally by: Bunge North America, Nutrien, CHS, TC Energy, Polaris, Farm Credit, John Deere, Cargill, DTN/Progressive Farmer, Corteva Agriscience, Alliance Pipeline Inc., Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co of Iowa, Asmark Institute, Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, BASF, Rain and Hail Insurance, Krone of North America Inc., AKE Safety Equipment, The Brandt Foundation, Apache Industrial Services, GROWMARK, Unverferth Manufacturing Co. Inc., The Caring Foundation of BCBS of Alabama, AgCountry Farm Credit, The Andersons Inc., MacDon Industries Ltd, ServisFirst Bank, KWS Seed LLC, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Rabo Agrifinance, Syngenta, Alabama Power Foundation & Company, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Farmers National Company, and National Crop Insurance Services.
REMEMBER, turn in your child’s registration before May 10, 2024.