Practicing farm safety procedures

September 21 through 25 is National Farm Safety and Health Week. To help honor this, I thought I’d share a true experience that happened to me a few years ago. I was fortunate that day, and the experience was a good reminder that there’s no such thing as being too careful around farm equipment.

They called me to say it was my turn to use a fertilizer spreader. It was supposed to rain the next day; …