Farming equipment is traditionally designed to be used by men. That presents a problem for the increasing number of women across the country who are entering the agriculture workforce. Men have long ...

Farming may be the backbone of our food system, but it’s also one of the most dangerous occupations. According to a Penn State study, 60,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for non-fatal, ...

Farmers spend a good chunk of their professional lives out in nature, producing healthy crops that feed communities and the world. But if there is one drawback to farming, it’s that it is one of the ...

This inventory was developed by Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health program to serve as a simple, self-guided tool for conducting a whole-farm or ranch assessment in order to identify ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — As the harvest season approaches, Indiana roadways will start to see a takeover of farming equipment of all shapes and sizes. So the question many Hoosiers are asking is, can ...

LOCKEFORD — A San Joaquin County family wants more safety measures for farming equipment out on the roads after losing one of their loved ones in a deadly crash in May. "There was a medical examiner ...

Nebraska Extension and Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, have announced plans for the annual “tractor ...

Teens 14 or 15 years of age who work on farms, or others who are interested in learning about tractor and farm equipment safety practices, can register for a safety training course offered at seven ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska teenagers can learn how to safely handle farm equipment at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension course. UNL extension educator Mark Hinze says he thinks the course ...

BRAINERD — Central Lakes College and Cass County Farm Bureau are offering an accredited, award-winning one-day agriculture safety class June 5 for law enforcement students and officers. “Law ...

LINCOLN — Teens 14 or 15 years of age who work on farms, or others who are interested in learning about tractor and farm equipment safety practices, can register for a safety training course offered ...