| Remember "safety first" during busy harvest time |
| A farm safety fact sheet from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) begins by stating: “Contrary to the popular image of fresh air and peaceful surroundings, a farm is not a hazard-free work setting. Every year, thousands of farm workers are injured and hundreds more die in farming accidents. |
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| Ohio State panel: Farm economy comparable, not same, as 1980s |
| When economists talk, people listen. So when farm economists weighed in on the current economic climate at this year’s Farm Science Review, there were no empty seats to be found. |
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| Ohio 4-Hers hope display educates on opioid crisis |
| 4-H members across the nation can pick almost any farm-related topic and make it their focus. After so much talk about opioid-related overdoses, though, it didn’t take one 4-H group from Greene County in southwestern Ohio long to put their feelings into action. |
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| Storage expert: Farmers should avoid mixing new with old crops |
| Farmers gearing up for fall harvest should avoid mixing their new crop with old crop since the results could be costly, according to a nationally recognized grain storage expert. |
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| Iowa researchers discover way to neutralize livestock odor with light |
| Iowa State University researchers have discovered a unique way to use ultraviolet (UV) light to neutralize odors emanating from livestock facilities. |
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| Hundreds of EPA employees leave agency, more to follow |
| Since the U.S. EPA announced a multimillion-dollar staff buyout program this summer, hundreds of employees have left the agency – including many top-level scientists – the first wave of thousands to be laid off or fired. |
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| Syngenta settles with plaintiffs for $1.5 billion over GMO corn |
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| Court fines Tyson $2 million for discharges from Missouri plant |
| Tyson Poultry, a division of Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest chicken producer, has been hit with a $2.5 million fine for violations of the Clean Water act after pleading guilty in federal court on Sept. 27 to criminal charges stemming from a chemical spill of a “highly acidic” animal feed supplement at a Missouri poultry processing plant. |
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| ICE arrests 10 workers at Michigan farm labor camp |
| Ten migrant workers have been arrested and jailed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a raid on a migrant labor camp in western Michigan. |
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| Michigan seeking applicants for value-added food and ag grants |
| State officials have announced they are accepting proposals for a competitive grant aimed at helping promote and enhance Michigan’s food and agriculture industry. |
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