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Growing Through Change: Innovating, Collaborating, and Supporting our Community

JUNE 2025  As the seasons shift, so do the challenges and opportunities in agriculture. In recent months, the UMASH team has continued to promote health and safety across Upper Midwest agricultural communities, even amid uncertainty around federal support. Through it all, UMASH and our partners remain committed to growing through change and continuing …

Farm Safety in Focus: Students Craft Award-Winning Videos in UMASH Contest

MAY 2025 Now in its fifth year, the UMASH Ag Health and Safety PSA Video Contest continues to bring student creativity and farm safety awareness together. This unique collaboration between UMASH and Dr. Troy McKay’s Advanced Video Production for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (AECM 4432) course gives students a platform to turn real-world …

Farm Safety and Health in Action: UMASH’s Latest Collaborations

MARCH 2025  In recent months, the UMASH team has been actively engaged in strengthening the health and safety of agricultural communities across the Upper Midwest, focusing on issues ranging from farm health, safety, and biosecurity to mental health support, farm safety education, and awareness. Through partnerships, outreach, and innovative research, …

Understanding Farmers’ Mental Health Challenges and Seeking Solutions

JANUARY 2025 Farming is more than just physically demanding—it can be mentally, emotionally, and financially challenging too. Farm families and rural communities navigate a complex web of financial, social, and environmental challenges, which can contribute to elevated rates of stress, anxiety, and depression. Recognizing the growing need to address …

Building Safer, Healthier Farms: From our Backyard to Beyond

NOVEMBER 2024  As fall unfolds, UMASH continues to advance agricultural health and safety through outreach, training, and collaboration across the Upper Midwest and beyond. Here’s a recap of how UMASH partnership, events and research is working to build safer, healthier farming communities in our backyard in the Upper Midwest and beyond. Cultivating …

Promoting Farm Safety and Health Through the Seasons

OCTOBER 2024  As summer transitions to fall, the UMASH team continues to promote the health and safety of farmers and their families throughout the changing seasons. Catch up on our recent activities from August and September, as the UMASH team supports agricultural communities in navigating seasons of change.  UMASH Team On the Move: Sharing Health …

And the Survey Says… FFA’ers share their thoughts on farm safety

SEPTEMBER 2024 FFA’ers share their farm safety knowledge, experiences, and beliefs at the 2023 FFA National Convention For the sixth year, UMASH and the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety connected with future agriculture leaders at the 2023 FFA National Convention. Surveying over 900 students and 150 adults, …

SPOTLIGHT: The American Dairy Farm – A Two Part Series

Dr. Gus Brihn is a Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine Resident with the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Brihn is part of our UMASH team with the Promoting Worker Health and Safety for Immigrant Dairy Workers project and has been instrumental in providing insights of the veterinarian’s role …