Fall harvest is quickly approaching and soon combines and other heavy farm equipment will be on the roads or highways across the High Plains. National Farm Safety and Health Week 2025 is set for Sept.

As farmers gear up for this planting season, they should to be aware of safety precautions for themselves and others.

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 ...

PRESTON, Minn. — Teenagers will return to their home farms this summer knowing more about tractor safety and how to minimize their risk of common farm hazards. University of Minnesota Extension's ...

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 ...

Agriculture is routinely ranked among the most dangerous professions around the world. Both the National Safety Council and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health say agriculture is ...

Agricultural safety and health advocates in the U.S. are speaking out on National Farm Safety and Health Week, seeking to avoid the most common accidents and injuries in the nation’s most dangerous ...

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 ...