In The Field

SPOTLIGHT: Unique Safety Risks for Women Dairy Farmers

NOVEMBER 2020 Dairy farms have been synonymous with Wisconsin for many years. America’s Dairyland is the tagline appropriately used on vehicle license plates to remind us that the state of Wisconsin is a hub of dairy farms and associated businesses. Women are an integral part of the dairy industry. As with many farm jobs, women face different occupational …

#RuralFarmHealth Twitter Chat: A Success!

One week before National Rural Health Day, UMASH hosted a Twitter chat on Thursday, November 12 about rural healthcare for agricultural communities, broadband access, and farmworker health. Eighteen organizations, farmers, and farm safety and health professionals participated. The purpose of the event was to learn about the unique healthcare challenges of rural farming communities, including producers and agricultural workers, and what we can do to address these challenges. Read the full discussion summary here …

SPOTLIGHT: Suicide Bereavement in Farm Country

Coping with loss is challenging. Loss can take on many forms - loss of a business, loss of a relationship or loss in a death of a friend or family member are a few examples. …

Add to Listening Queue: Growing On and Counting Sheep

Farmers and ranchers know the sacrifices of the seasons: harvest, planting, calving or staying up to take care of what needs to be done. While a necessary trade off, sacrificing sleep is dangerous. …

Speaking Silage Safety with Dairy News and Views from ISU

Dairy and silage go hand in hand. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Field Specialist's Fred Hall and Jenn Bentley had a conversation with UMASH’s Megan Schossow about safety while harvesting and working around silage. …

SPOTLIGHT: Hello and Goodbye – Changes Coming to UMASH

This fall we are saying goodbye to Diane Kampa, UMASH Center Coordinator since our beginning in 2011, and later directing the outreach program. Diane has been with the University of Minnesota for over 40 years in the School of Public Health. …

Communicating Complex Information is a Team Effort at UMASH

On November 10th, 2020, UMASH team members Molly VanBrocklin, Student Web/Graphic Designer, Maria Bertrand, Research Assistant and Devon Charlier, Research Assistant presented virtually to the NIOSH Extramural Communication Community of Practice Group. …

Onward and Upward

NOVEMBER 2020 The Cultivating Resiliency project began as a partner project with UMASH in 2018 which centered around the fact that farm women and women in agriculture have unique needs in responding to farm and agricultural stress because of the multiple roles they play. This project developed tools for supporting women in ag, including webinars and …

SPOTLIGHT: MRASH 2020: Rising to New Challenges

OCTOBER 2020 Conference season for many in agriculture comes around in the late fall and winter months. Moving these connections and presentations online is the definition of “Rising to New Challenges,” which is the theme of this year’s Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Conference (MRASH), taking place November 17-20, 2020, entirely …

SPOTLIGHT: Lessons Learned – A Passion for Farm Safety and Mental Health

UMASH and Emily Krekelberg go “way back” with our mutual mission of promoting farm safety and health. Emily knows first hand the inherent dangers involved with farming with family members who were both severely injured as a result. She recently shared her personal story with the Telling the Story Project which was featured on the Minnesota Corn Growers website. …

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