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Vol. 6, No. 50 October 24, 2000
IN THIS ISSUE...
...Farewell Reception for Mike Christian
...A Farm Decisions Web Site for Agents
...Sabbatical Opportunity
...Why do Leaves Change Color
...Third Annual Central Region Stewardship
Conference
...Teens Face Serious Risk of Job-Related Death in
Agricultural Operations
...Master Schedule
...Tuesday
Letter Archives
FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR MIKE CHRISTIAN
We invite you to join us in wishing Mike Christian farewell as Riley
County Ag Agent. The farewell reception will be on Sunday, October 29,
from 2-5 p.m. at the Riley County High School. Mike has been in Riley
County 21 years as the Ag Agent and is transferring to the Watershed
Specialist position for the Upper Blue River Watershed. Please join us
on the 29th. --Alan Ladd aladd@oznet.ksu.edu
A FARM
DECISIONS WEB SITE FOR AGENTS
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kksu/decisions.htm
has been created on the KKSU web site. The web site is not linked to any
home pages and therefore is rather exclusive for use by agents to listen
and gather some additional background on the thinking of Research &
Extension faculty around the issues facing the farm family for this coming
year. Thus far there are three audio modules on the site: Farm Energy
Savings; Crop Production; and Grazing Management. Yet to be taped are at
least two more modules on Farm Finance and Transitions and on Livestock
Production. Hopefully those two modules will be taped this week and up on
the system by October 30.
We hope this information will be useful in
generating ideas for local radio, newspaper, newsletter, or other
information sources going out through the county agent. Additionally, this
may generate some ideas for focused programming, meetings, forums,
workshops, and discussion groups you could develop locally for this coming
winter. For further information, contact Daryl Buchholz, dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu
.--Daryl Buchholz
SABBATICAL
OPPORTUNITY
If you are eligible for a sabbatical and would like to...
-- take a sabbatical and work in Manhattan
away from your office?
-- learn computer technology?
-- have hands-on experience with computer technology, such as:
> putting a part of a course on the web?
> putting audio on the web?
> putting video on the web?
> making a CD-ROM?
> learning authoring software?
> putting quizzes or surveys on line?
> learning conferencing software?
If so, consider spending your sabbatical in
the Department of Communications, learning and using computer technology
for teaching. During this sabbatical you will have office space and access
to equipment in the Department of Communications and will interact with
the staff to learn what you want. This sabbatical is open to researchers
and specialists in K-State Research and Extension and faculty members in
the College of Agriculture. Space is limited to two people. For more
information, contact Sandra Flores at 785-532-5130 or Bob Furbee at
785-532-5804.
Sabbatical applications must be submitted
to your Dean by November 15 for consideration. --Sandra Flores sflores@oz.oznet.ksu.edu
WHY DO LEAVES CHANGE
COLOR?
Do you get that question a lot this time of year? Check out the recent
Kansas Forest Service press release, "Season of Color: Why Leaves
Change Color," for information and links to other sites at: http://www.kansasforests.org/pressrelease/19oct2000.htm
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For more information contact your District
Forester. --Jon Skinner jskinner@oznet.ksu.edu
THIRD ANNUAL
CENTRAL REGION STEWARDSHIP CONFERENCE
You and your constituents are invited to attend the Third Annual Central
Region Stewardship Conference. The conference will cover various aspects
of forestry for landowners. Learn more about this conference at http://www.kansasforests.org
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Contact Charles Barden, Cbarden@oznet.ksu.edu
for specific questions. --Jon Skinner jskinner@oznet.ksu.edu
TEENS FACE SERIOUS
RISK OF JOB-RELATED DEATH IN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
Young people under 20 face a serious risk of death from work-related
injuries in agricultural operations, particularly when engaged in crop
production activities and working with tractors and other vehicles and
industrial equipment, according to findings by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH).
Analyzing five years of data, NIOSH found
that 12.2 occupational fatalities occurred for every 100,000 youths
working in agriculture, more than twice the rate for fatal occupational
injuries overall in the U.S. for a comparable period (5.1 fatalities per
every 100,000 workers). The youth agricultural fatalities most often
involved head injuries, most often occurred from May to August, and
occurred more often in the Midwest than in any other section of the U.S.
The NIOSH findings, which originally were
published in the Journal of Agromedicine, are consistent with results from
earlier research showing that youths who work and live on farms are at
risk for injury and death. Each year, approximately 33,000 young people
under 20 are seriously injured on farms, and more than 100 are killed .
The findings build on previous research by providing new data on
age-specific fatality rates and identifying crop production as having both
high numbers and high rates of fatalities. Other findings include these:
*Some 188 young people under 20 died from
work-related injuries in agriculture from 1992 to 1996.
*Some 52 percent of the fatalities occurred in crop production, 31 percent
in livestock production, and 17 percent in agricultural services.
*Half the fatalities involved transportation incidents, including
collisions, incidents involving loss of control of vehicle or equipment,
and falls from moving vehicles.
*Tractors were the major cause of vehicle-related fatalities, accounting
for 23 percent of all deaths.
*Incidence of fatalities increased by age for young people under 20, with
the highest proportion occurring among 18 to 19-year olds (30 percent of
the total) and the next highest among 16- to 17-year olds (25 percent)
*Fatalities more often occurred among young people working for wages (51
percent) than among young people in family agriculture operations (44
percent).
*Some 46 percent of fatalities occurred in the Midwest, followed by 22
percent in the South as the region with the next highest prevalence.
NIOSH works extensively with a broad
coalition of partners in the safety, health, and agricultural communities
to prevent injury and death among young people in agriculture.
Additional information on these activities
and other NIOSH research and recommendations on agricultural safety
and health is available on the World Wide Web at www.cdc.gov/niosh/agtopics.html
. Information also is available from NIOSH partner organizations:
*The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and
Safety, funded by NIOSH and the Maternal Child Health Bureau http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/children
;
National Safety Council, www.nsc.org/farmsafe.htm
;
and Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, www.fs4jk.org
For further information on other NIOSH
research for preventing occupational injuries and illnesses, call
toll-free 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674) or visit NIOSH on the
World Wide Web at www.cdc.gov/niosh
.
--Jim Adams jadams@oznet.ksu.edu
VIEW
THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS .
Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu
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DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER
SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2000, THROUGH NOVEMBER 7, 2000:
Wednesday, November 1
.... Cow-Calf, Coffey/Osage, Multi-county, SE, (Frank Brazle)
Wednesday, November 1, through
Saturday, November 4
.... American Evaluation
Association Annual Meeting, Hawaii
Thursday, November 2
.... SE KAFCE Workshop/Council Meeting, Chanute, SE Area, (Gayle
Price)
.... NE KAFCE Workshop/Council Meeting, Manhattan, NE Area, (Emily Mark)
.... Cow-Calf, Neosho, Single county, SE, (Frank Brazle)
.... Reno County Cattlemen's Meeting, Hutchinson, Single county, SC, p.m.,
(Steve Paisley)
Saturday, November 4
.... Shawnee County Fall Rabbit Show, Auburn/SN, Statewide, 7:30 a.m.,
(Leroy Russell)
Sunday, November 5, through
Thursday, November 9
.... National Assn of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA), Denver, CO,
(Phyllis Kriesel)
.... American Society of Agronomy, Minneapolis, MN, (Dave Whitney)
Monday, November 6
.... Farm Management Association, Hutchinson, SC KFMA, 12:00 p.m.,
(Fred DeLano)
Tuesday, November 7
.... Sale Barn Meeting, Wilson and surrounding counties, SE, (Frank
Brazle)
.... Farm Management Association, Salina, NC KFMA, 9:30 a.m., (Fred DeLano)
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