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A Security Tour of Your Farm or Ranch

A Security Tour of Your Farm or Ranch. Farmstead Security:. Why secure your farm or ranch?. Terrorist threats Environmental groups Personal vendettas. Why secure your farm or ranch?. Drug and bomb materials Entertainment or fun. Farmstead Security: Accidental Contamination. Crops

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A Security Tour of Your Farm or Ranch

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  1. A Security Tour of Your Farm or Ranch Farmstead Security:

  2. Why secure your farm or ranch? • Terrorist threats • Environmental groups • Personal vendettas

  3. Why secure your farm or ranch? • Drug and bomb materials • Entertainment or fun

  4. Farmstead Security:Accidental Contamination • Crops • Stored grain • Feed • Livestock

  5. Farmstead Security: Livestock • Inventory livestock supplies each month • Keep herd ID system • Store feed products securely • Keep veterinary items in a secure location

  6. Farmstead Security:Livestock Biosecurity • Maintain physical security • Check in unknown visitors • Maintain strict vaccination program • Increased employee security awareness

  7. Farmstead Security: Stored Grain • Keep current inventory of stored grain and seed • Show origin and destination of grain • Keep commodity grain and seed in locked, secure storage • Limit access to grain- handling facilities • Restrict unknown visitors to site

  8. Farmstead Security:GMO and Non-GMO • Prevent contamination of GMO with non-GMO grain in field and in storage • Separate fields • Do not cross-contaminate field equipment • Always separate non-GMO and GMO stored grain

  9. Farmstead Security:Chemical Storage • Keep pesticides in buildings that are… • Locked • Weather tight • Heated • Well-lit interior and exterior • On high ground • Down slope from wells, animal feeding areas and dwellings

  10. Farmstead Security:Chemical Storage • Site not readily visible or accessible • Don’t store pesticides in the home • Only store minimal quantities • Post signs on door: “Danger - Pesticides”

  11. Farmstead Security: Fertilizers • Secure from unwelcome visitors • Store in well lighted, highly visible area • Don’t leave in field at night • Return empties to dealer soon

  12. Farmstead Security: Fertilizers • Lock access to hoses and valves • Lock dry fertilizer storage • Ammonium nitrate • Keep trucks and tenders with product inside at night

  13. Farmstead Security: Chemical Application Equipment • Store equipment in locked building or locked fenced area • Remove keys and lock cabs • Clear mixing and loading site of loose containers • Lock access to tanks and pumps

  14. Farmstead Security: Farm and Ranch Machinery • Modern farm equipment expensive • Farm machinery parked in remote fields and yards are vulnerable • Potential damage • Keep in safe and secure locations • Remove keys and lock cabs

  15. Farmstead Security: Farm Fuels and Lubricants • Keep up-to-date inventory • Keep controlled access to fuels, hydraulic fluids, other farm lubricants • Lock above-and-below ground fuel tanks • Lock storage building with farm lubricants

  16. Farmstead Security: Farm Key Cabinet • Control access to all keys • Use farm key cabinet • Keep in shop or house • Tag all keys as to what they control

  17. Farmstead Security: Farm Key Cabinet • Keep duplicate keys in secure locations • All employees and family members adhere to farm key policy • Change locks on more vulnerable areas of farm when employees leave

  18. Farmstead Security: Well Sites • Secure plumbing in insulated, locked pump house • Place well connections underground • Install concrete apron around access pipe to well • Lock access pipe to well

  19. Farmstead Security: Farm and Ranch Yard • Landscape farm and house site- Build high fences- Plant tall trees and hedges • Funnel visitors to desired locations • Restrict potential unwarranted access

  20. Farmstead Security: Farm and Ranch Yard • Install computer/video monitoring system • Place monitoring cameras • Maintain drives to direct traffic • A barking farm dog isa good theft deterrent

  21. Farmstead Security: A Security Tour of Your Farm or Ranch • Protect valuable assets • Complete security checklist • Make any needed changes

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