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Over 30% Of Farm Operators Are Women
The 2021 Census of Agriculture recorded 79,795 female farm operators in Canada — 30.4% of all farm operators, and the first increase in the number of women farming in 30 years. Alberta ranks second in the country with 18,525 female farm operators,...
ANSI vs. EN 388: An Easy To Understand Guide To Reading Work Glove Safety Ratings
If you have ever flipped a pair of work gloves over and seen something like `4X43C P` or `ANSI A4` stamped on the cuff, you have run into the two systems that govern hand protection on most job sites: EN 388 in Europe and ANSI/ISEA 105 in North America. Both exist to answer the same question — how much protection does this glove actually give my hands? — but they measure it in different units, on different scales, using partly different tests.