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Business & Consumer Affairs

Farm Safety Trainers: Consistent Advice For Preventing Grain Bin Fatalities Is Lacking

By Lauren Mills | November 19, 2013

Grain bins, a common sight for anyone traveling through Iowa and other corn belt states, are a source of concern for agriculture safety specialists. Lack of research means specialists are unable to provide consistent advice to farmers about working in the storage bins.

Business & Consumer Affairs

Matter of Seconds: Tougher Farm Safety Regulation Hard To Come By In Iowa

By Sarah Hadley | November 3, 2013

Limited Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforcement and coverage favors large farms, leaving the rest on an honors system in which dangerous farm practices fly under the radar until a serious, and often fatal, injury occurs.