Farming may be the backbone of our food system, but it’s also one of the most dangerous occupations. According to a Penn State study, 60,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for non-fatal, ...

Europe’s General Court upheld a ban on the fungicide mancozeb, ruling that regulators’ scientific misstep didn’t outweigh ...

With the aim of reducing and preventing farm injuries, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health will hold its free, open-to-the-public annual Farm & Family Safety Day on April 13. The event will have ...

Experts say the chemical’s continued use will likely harm hundreds of endangered species, rendering some extinct.

A farmer wears hearing protection and a mask while operating farm machinery. A dozen centers providing safety research and training to farmers are losing federal funding this fall under the Trump ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — An expert on agriculture safety says incidents like the one that claimed the lives of six people at a Weld County dairy farm this week are not uncommon in the industry.

Kyle Kunkler departs from the American Soybean Association to take the helm of the agency’s program regulating farm chemicals. EPA announced that a farm industry lobbyist will take over as the ...

So far this year, LNP | LancasterOnline has reported three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were children or teenagers, and all were buried in Amish cemeteries. Levi Stoltzfus, 4, died in West ...

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