UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Visitors to the Farm Safety Demonstration Area at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 9-11, can learn about the hazards of flowing grain in confined-space grain storages and best practices to avoid and respond to entrapment risks. Six total demonstrations — at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday […]

DAYTON, Va. — Manure pits are essential to many farm operations, but gases from them can be toxic, incapacitating and sometimes deadly. Four family members and a farm employee in Rockingham County were killed by methane gas poisoning during enclosed manure pit maintenance in 2007. A similar incident happened in Ohio last summer, killing three. […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State University Extension floriculture team and the National Pesticide Safety Education Center has developed a set of airborne disease training videos for Spanish-speaking workers at greenhouses and garden centers. These videos are designed to help green industry employers fulfill any pandemic preparedness requirements and provide their workforce with the information they need […]

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Farming is a very rewarding way of life, but that way of life comes with many risks. From 2015 – 2019, 137 farm-related fatalities were reported in Pennsylvania alone. There are many hazards associated with farming, and unfortunately farming families grow so used to their daily routines that some of these hazards […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The floriculture team at Michigan State University Extension, in cooperation with the National Pesticide Safety Education Center (NPSEC), has developed employee training videos for the prevention of airborne disease transmission at greenhouses and garden centers. These videos, funded by the Western Michigan Greenhouse Association (WMGA), can help green industry employers fulfill the need […]