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LANSING – A tractor falls on you. A horse kicks you. A cow pins you against the side of a barn. Your hand gets caught in a corn shucker. These are just s
A tractor falls on you. A horse kicks you. A cow pins you against the side of a barn. Your hand gets caught in a corn shucker. These are just some of the accidents Michigan State University researcher Laurel Morano documented in her recent study of agriculture-related injuries – and only among the most dramatic examples of the dangers farmers face every day on the job.
In 2021, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting accounted for 16% of the state’s workplace fatalities by industry, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Published: Friday, December 11, 2020 Pocket knives and bobby pins don't seem like much of a pair. But it's a combination I've been digging out of a once-little girl's farm pocket for years. Now she just lays it all on the countertop herself instead of me having to empty her pockets. Some girls carry makeup and hair equipment in their pockets. Some girls carry pocketknives. Farm girls often carry both. The two items are, no doubt, in contrast to each other. One could even say they contradict each other. One item represents the feminine, girly side—the side that likes to have hair and nails a...