BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With farmers starting work in their fields, Wisconsin agriculture leaders are reminding motorists to be aware of tracto.
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With farmers starting work in their fields, Wisconsin agriculture leaders are reminding motorists to be aware of tracto.
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - With farmers starting work in their fields, Wisconsin agriculture leaders are reminding motorists to be aware of tracto.
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Farms are a great place for kids to grow up, according to Marsha Salzwedel, youth ag safety specialist at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation’s National Farm Medicine Center in Marshfield, Wis. Salzwedel and Cheryl Skjolaas, University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural safety and health senior outreach specialist, spoke earlier this month during a Professional Dairy Producers webcast.
Salzwedel said growing up on a farm helps kids build character, and it instills them with a good work ethic. But she said there are also downsides to growing up on a farm.
Tragic numbers
Every day, 33 children in the United States are seriously injured on farms, she said. Every three days, a child on a U.S. farm dies in a farm accident.