AgrAbility News
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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 March 13 at the 2015 Wisconsin Ag Women’s Summit in Middleton, Wis. PHOTO BY KRISTIN OLSON by Kristin Olson MIDDLETON, Wis. – It’s estimated that…
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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 farm. He said it reveals that a person can, in fact, be noticed in a positive way while sitting around all day. Like other farmers,…
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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 or with a chronic health condition. Farmers apply to AgrAbility for help, and if approved, receive expert advice and financial assistance to secure standard and…
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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, 1997. While changing a silo door, he slipped and fell 35 feet down a silo chute. Posselt said he never lost consciousness but laid at…
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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 worse March 16 at the AgrAbility of Wisconsin Summit hosted by Marshfield Clinic. Schaer said pain from injuries can be acute or chronic. Acute pain…
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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 away for a vacation, the dedicated dairy farmer just keeps going. David Travis, 67, is an example of the hardened dairy farmer. His fingers are…
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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 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester in Rochester, New York. Kylie Hendress, Purdue University engagement coordinator and the lead organizer of the workshop, said there are…
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AgrAbility of Wisconsin Announces 2015 Summit
AgrAbility of Wisconsin, together with the National Farm Medicine Center, is pleased to announce the upcoming AgrAbility of Wisconsin Summit. The event will take place Monday, March 16th, 2015, with registration starting at 9:00 AM. Lunch will be provided, and the event will run until 2:30 PM at the Froehlke Auditorium at the Marshfield Clinic…
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Local Veteran Finds Peace on Farm
Steve Acheson grew up on a dairy farm in Campbellsport, WI, and that’s where his passion for agriculture started. At the age of 18, he joined the Army and served 400 missions in Sadr City, Iraq in 2005. After serving, he earned a Civil/Structural engineering degree from UW Platteville, but he and his partner Steph…
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Wisconsin AgrAbility the most active in US
MADISON The $180,000 federal grant that funds AgrAbility of Wisconsin has been renewed after six months of waiting. “Receiving this grant that is shared between Easter Seals of Wisconsin and UW-Extension means that by the end of this grant cycle, we will have completed 28 years of helping disabled farmers remain in farming,” Richard Straub,…
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This material is based upon work supported by the AgrAbility of Wisconsin project award no. 2022-41590-38131 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.