Hit the road with this advice in mind
Farm work often requires road travel, whether it is driving equipment from field to field, trucking animals from one location to another, or hauling milk. Some dairies may even do custom cropping or hauling as part of their business. While these trips are necessary, they can also become hazardous.
“Trucking and putting equipment on the road is the biggest liability risk you face,” said Purdue University’s Fred Whitford in a presentation during the Midwest Forage Association’s virtual annual meeting.
Whitford has studied transportation for years, and during his talk he shared several serious accident scenarios involving agricultural vehicles. He uses these stories in an effort to educate farmers on steps they can take to lessen the impact of accidents or potentially avoid them all together.