Safety
As popularity for bulk packaged seed increases, so do the farmer innovations to help ensure safe handling.
Dry conditions this year have reminded many how quickly fires can ignite causing damage, destroying equipment, future feedstuffs and hopefully NOT injuring you in the process.
Lawmakers last year submitted several bills seeking to regulate farm rides after a 2014 hayride crash in Mechanic Falls killed a 17-year-old girl and injured more than 20 others.
Many producers have started accessing this year’s silage, whether it was put in bunkers, bags or silos. Safety should be a top priority as silage piles are accessed.
Tips to troubleshoot planter issues, gather tools for the field, prioritize communication, manage to-do lists and enjoy cab time
Use this checklist to keep your family and team safe this fall.
This year, more and more farmers are learning first-hand the importance of combine safety in droughty years as machine fires combust across the U.S.
After cutting a soybean field, an auger boom that would have transferred the soybeans into a semi came in contact with power lines.
Stay safe during harvest with precautionary measures.
