Accessibility of healthcare services is a major challenge facing agricultural migrant workers (AMW’s) in the United States. Additionally, AMW’s are at higher risk for certain chronic illnesses that must be monitored frequently. Building upon an idea proposed at the Finding Common Grounds conference, this pilot project will test the implementation of two on-site health-screening methods. …

This pilot project will create an instrument that will quantitatively and qualitatively assess the variations in injuries on farms with RMS installations. This project will also evaluate the perceived quality of life among the farmers and families of milking robot owners and non-robot owners in the upper Midwest. …

The Main Street Project in Northfield, Minnesota has developed an integrated poultry-cropping system where free range meat chickens live among perennial plantings of woody crops. This system is intended to provide a bridge to entrepreneurship for Latino agriculture workers, but could also interest other small to medium-scale producers. …

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration in deep-pit swine barns is usually within hundreds of ppb; however, it can easily soar up to hundreds and even thousands of ppm during manure agitation and pumping operations. This study will evaluate H2S generation and transfer process during manure agitations. …

Our project will identify how agricultural media organizations have covered stockmanship information in the past. We will also investigate the understanding of stockmanship practices among dairy farmers, attitudes towards practices, barriers to implementing practices and communication preferences for receiving information about stockmanship. …