Chryseis Modderman
University of Minnesota
As producers begin to think about fall manure applications, it is important to keep safety in mind. Working with manure presents some special safety challenges beyond the basic farm dangers of working with large machinery, stress and fatigue. One of those challenges is harmful manure gases.
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