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Cattle handling injuries cluster in October and November, when the most animals go through the chute with the most help and the least sleep. Crowding tub angles, the one-person rule at the headgate, and what to fix before the first pen comes in.
Sep 24
Rural suicide rates run about 1.5 times urban. Three years of thin crop margins, a credit picture that is starting to crack, and a 75-year-low cowherd with a tariff headline on top. Who to call, what to say to a neighbor, and what the farm bill is doing about it.
Sep 10
The Labor Department scrapped the USDA Farm Labor Survey basis and moved to OEWS data with two skill levels and a housing adjustment. Rates in 2026 run roughly $8 to $17 an hour depending on state and job, down from $15 to $20. What it means if you use the program or compete with it.
Sep 7
Half of grain entrapments are still fatal and nearly all of them are preventable. National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 21 to 25. Here is the short list from OSU's Kevin Moore, and the one rule that matters most.
Sep 7
