National Farm Safety and Health Week will be recognized Sept. 21-27 this year, with the theme, “Safety First, Avoid the Worst.” The theme’s message sounds simple. But it carries weight in an industry filled with long hours, hard work, powerful machinery, large animals, unpredictable environments such as manure-storage facilities, and stored products like feed and grain.
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John Shutske is a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Department of Biological Systems Engineering and a specialist with the UW-Division of Extension. He also is the director of the UW-Center for Agricultural Safety and Health. Visit farms.extension.wisc.edu for more information.
