National Ag News

The latest report from the Wisconsin-based National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety shows life remains risky for children on farms, “The data that we have, to date, the most current we have tells us that about every THREE days, there’s a child that dies in an agriculture-related incident. And, every day, there are 33 children who are seriously injured in agriculture-related incidents.” That’s Marsha Salzwedel, an ag youth safety specialist with the national center, who says there is no single data source for the information in their annual reports.

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