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    • Social Wellness and Farmers

      Many people perceive farming as a sunny day spent holding kittens and driving the tractor through the beautiful fields of the countryside. Pictures show and stories tell us about the…

    • Safety on the Farm

        Safety is important in everyday life, especially with farm jobs that involve handling animals and heavy machinery. It is estimated that approximately 38,740 farmers are working with disabilities; many…

    • Coming to his aid

      Dale Peterson milks 35 cows on his farm near Grantsburg, Wis. In 2011, Peterson was diagnosed with cancer and received a knee replacement. With the help of neighbors, community members…

    • Wear and tear of farm work

      Leverenz shares how to limit injury risk on dairies Paul Leverenz with Easter Seals Wisconsin provided many tips and tricks for personal care on the farm during a presentation on…

    • Volunteer digs deep — helping and farming

      Keith Posselt was named Easter Seals Wisconsin’s Outstanding Volunteer last year. The Outagamie County beef producer joked that this recognition goes against everything he was taught growing up on a…

      Volunteer digs deep — helping and farming

    • Program Helps Farmers with Challenges

      AgrAbility of Wisconsin and Easter Seals Wisconsin partner to provide farmers with the resources they need to continue working on their farms in the aftermath of a disabling farm injury…

      Program Helps Farmers with Challenges

    • New technologies reduce physical strain for farmers

      MARSHFIELD — In­no­va­tions in farm equip­ment are al­low­ing farm­ers to keep the life they love, even af­ter a life-threat­en­ing in­jury. Hor­tonville farmer Keith Pos­selt said his life changed Jan. 31,…

    • Expert offers tips for avoiding injury

      MARSHFIELD — The work on a farm never stops, even if the farmer is in­jured. Occupational ther­a­pist Tanya Schaer gave tips for re­duc­ing pain from in­juries and not mak­ing them…

    • AgrAbility helps Sharon farmer stay in business

      SHARON—Sometimes dairy farming is just in a person’s blood. So no matter how bad things get, or how wildly the milk prices swing, or how hard it is to get…

    • National AgrAbility Training Workshop Set in New York State

      The 2015 AgrAbility National Training Workshop will cover issues of disability in the agricultural industry and include tours of area farms and other attractions. The conference will be April 13-16…

      National AgrAbility Training Workshop Set in New York State
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