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Article: AVOID BLOSSOM-END ROT ON HOME GARDEN NATIONAL FARM SAFETY, HEALTH WEEK IS SEPT. 20-26
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 25, 2009
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COLUMBIA, Mo., Aug. 24 -- The University of Missouri College of Food & Natural Resources issued the following news release:
As harvest season arrives, urban drivers on rural roads should be extra cautious when sharing the road with heavy, slow-moving farm equipment.
This year's National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 20-26, stresses the importance of rural road safety.
Rural roads account for only 40 percent of road travel, yet 60 percent of road fatalities take place on rural roads, said Karen Funkenbusch, University of Missouri Extension agriculture safety specialist.
"Large farming equipment is likely to be out on rural roads during harvest season," she said. "Tractors or ...