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Combine driving on the road.
Slow down, be observant, and give farm equipment some space on the road during harvest season (Photo by MSU Extension)
September 15, 2023

It’s harvest season, and you’re likely to see large farm equipment on the roads, whether that be bright green combines, red tractors, or anything in between.

Overhead shot of a dozen people peering into a grain bin with one person inside.
August 7, 2023

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- During a grain bin safety demonstration, Benton Moseley pulled a couple of soft drink crates out of a storage compartment and explained why he carried them.

Success Stories

A woman stands between her husband and adult son.
Volume 3 Number 2

Producer teaches about food and farming practices

Rowell Farms is doing much more than supplying cooks with fresh, local foods. The Heidelberg truck-crop farm is growing into an educational outlet for the Clarke and Jasper County communities it serves.

Two men shake hands in front of a Quality Steel sign.
Volume 4 Number 1

They met in 2010 because of a tragic rough-terrain forklift fatality. Tredrick Johnson was the safety manager at the Cleveland branch of Quality Steel Corporation, and Billy Chandler was the local safety-compliance officer for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, better known as OSHA.

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