According to the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Safety and Health, young workers were 7.8 times more likely to be fatally injured in agriculture when compared to all other ...

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, ...

As fields begin to dry, farmers and ag retailers will be moving large equipment over the roads to fields. This activity prompts my annual appeal to all to be patient and safe on roads during the ...

Fall harvest is quickly approaching and soon combines and other heavy farm equipment will be on the roads or highways across the High Plains. National Farm Safety and Health Week 2025 is set for Sept.

A few months back, I visited with campers at North Dakota State University Extension's award-winning Farm Safety Camp about lessons they would take home. Their examples included improving ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Using tentative hand signals, a teenage boy on the ground directs another teenage boy in the seat of a small red tractor to back up to a tiny hay baler. Progressively, the boy on the ...

EDGINGTON, Ill. — Students at Rockridge Junior High School are stepping out of the classroom and into the driver’s seat during Farm Safety Week. The school is offering lessons to help teens safely ...