Tag: farm safety
Pennsylvania makes preventing tractor rollovers priority; retrofits old models
Tractors are leading cause of deaths on the farm, and the most frequent cause of tractor-related deaths is side and rear overturns.
Farm emergency action plans help first responders, save time
Too often, when first responders arrive on the scene of a farm-related emergency, they don't have the proper knowledge, training, personnel or equipment to manage the situation.
This machine is not a toy: Few farm injuries from...
Two Pennsylvania residents were charged with felony child endangerment Nov. 4 following the death of a 4-year-old girl in an Oct. 27 ATV crash. Cases such as these have made ATV rider safety a hot-button issue among safety professionals, legislators and advocacy groups.
Penn State is looking for farmers with pokeweed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania farmers who have a problem with pokeweed in their fields are invited to participate in a research project aimed at...
Urban and rural: Congresswoman takes time to hear from both sides
BURTON, Ohio — Connecting the urban side and the rural side of the farm bill isn’t going to be easy. Throw in the differing...
Vilsack: Ag research and education key to prosperity and security
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Investment in agricultural research doesn’t benefit just the 2 percent of the population involved in farming. It’s a matter of...
Beck’s Hybrids plans Ohio research site
ATLANTA, Ind. — Beck’s Hybrids has purchased land near London, Ohio, for research farm studies. Located east of Farm Science Review, along Interstate 70...
How to get more out of your pastures and improve water...
Improving your pasture management skills will grow more forage that will have higher quality that will better feed your livestock and make you more...
Work continuing on shale well pad as case makes way through...
Some landowners in Darlington Township are not the only people upset with some of the tactics used by Chesapeake Exploration. Now the township supervisors are not happy.
Pennsylvania: Marcellus Shale legislation goes into effect for fees, but...
SALEM, Ohio — Most of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale impact fee legislation is now official, but a state appellate judge blocked part of it with...
