Stories Tagged "safety"
Wisconsin Farmers And Firefighters Partner On Hazards Maps
posted on May 24, 2013 at 3:37 PM
Agriculture remains one of the nation's most dangerous professions; accidents on farms kill hundreds and injure thousands each year.
Full Story
Assembly Approves Farm Worker Protection Bill
posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:30 AM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state Assembly approved legislation Thursday that would expose agricultural employers to civil lawsuits for failing to abide by heat safety requirements.
AB2346 would let farm workers sue if employers fail to supply water...
Full Story
Listeria likely caused by pools of water
posted on October 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM
The Food and Drug Administration says the deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe was probably caused by pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean packing equipment at a Colorado farm.
Full Story
Feds back off commercial licenses for farmers idea
posted on August 19, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Federal highway officials have decided that farmers who operate tractors, combines and semitrailers can keep driving on rural roads without the same kind of regulations that apply to long-haul truckers.
Full Story
Cargill resumes turkey production at Ark. plant
posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. has resumed production of ground turkey at an Arkansas plant linked to a salmonella outbreak.
Full Story
Xcel Energy scrubs plans for ND wind project
posted on April 8, 2011 at 3:04 PM
BISMARCK, N.D (AP) - Xcel Energy Inc.
Full Story
Lead, Other Chemicals Taint Some Urban Gardens
posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:03 AM
DETROIT (AP) -- With remnants of once-legal lead paint, leaded gasoline and other pollutants from the nation's industrial past tainting land in U.S cities, soil researchers warn that the growing number of urban farmers and community gardeners need...
Full Story
Texas Farmers Say Drug War Making Job Dangerous
posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:03 PM
LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- As Texas farmhands prepared this winter to burn stalks of sugarcane for harvest along the Rio Grande, four masked men on ATVs suddenly surrounded the crew members and ordered them to leave.
Full Story
Record Number of Grain Bin Accidents in 2010
posted on February 18, 2011 at 5:02 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue workers could free him from a grain bin on his western Iowa farm.
Full Story
Groups Sue EPA Over Lead Ammo, Tackle
posted on November 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) Three environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to force it to prevent lead poisoning of wildlife from spent ammunition and lost fishing tackle.
Full Story
Market to Market (November 19, 2010)
posted on November 19, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Report Questions Safety of Planned Biodefense Lab
posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM
TOPEKA, Kan (AP) -- A new report contends that federal officials have underestimated the risks associated with building a new lab in northeast Kansas that will study dangerous animal diseases that can be passed to humans.
Full Story
Tractor Upgrades Reduce Farm Deaths
posted on September 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM
(AP) - Dairy farmer Anthony Marco was compressing a long row of chopped hay beneath his tractor two weeks ago, preparing it as winter feed for his cows, when the 4-ton machine suddenly toppled over as he drove it along the pile's steep sides.
Full Story
Gulf Seafood Industry Battles Oil and Public Perception
posted on August 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Kansas State Approved to Conduct Bioscience Research With Potentially Dangerous Toxins
posted on May 28, 2010 at 3:05 PM
MANHATTAN, Kansas (AP) -After mounds of paperwork and months of preparation, Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute has been approved to conduct research projects using several dangerous agents.
Full Story