Both the National Safety Council and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say agriculture is one of the ...

A University of Maryland student sits in a John Deere tractor equipped with a rollover protective structure during a safety class at the Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Ellicott City ...

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, ...

With the farming season in full effect, and the harvest right around the corner, there is renewed focus on the state of labor for our essential agricultural and food processing workers. Due to ...

EDGERTON, Kan. — Farmers outside the Kansas City area are embracing high yields of corn this season, as the threat of farm safety-net programs sits in limbo. "This was a great year for corn," said ...

TRAFFIC REPORT. THANKS, REGINA. THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL FARM SAFETY AND HEALTH WEEK AND NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS IN A GREAT PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. HE IS LIVE FROM THE SOLANCO FAIRGROUNDS IN ...

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 ...

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. Share your story idea with Ryan. The federal farm bill officially expired at midnight on Monday. The 2018 farm ...

For many years I argued wholeheartedly that the most important task in modern agriculture is turning a profit. Yes, agriculture is a way of life, but more importantly, it's a business. Then a decade ...