September 19-25th is National Farm Safety and Health Week

Farmers make up a big portion of Wright County and farmer safety and health is very important this time of year.

By Karen Johnson, Extension educator, University of Minnesota Extension – McLeod & Meeker Counties

It’s National Farm Safety and Health Week! This year’s theme is “Farm Safety Yields Real Results”. This annual promotion initiated by the National Safety Council has been proclaimed as such by each sitting U.S. President since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. National Farm Safety and Health Week is led by the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), the agricultural partner of the National Safety Council. Check out the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety website (www.necasag.org) to learn more about National Farm Safety and Healthy Week 2021.

To read the rest of this article and see suggestions for ways to stay safe around equipment this harvest season, pick up a copy of the Messenger today!