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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…

    • 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

    • 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…

      AgrAbility of Wisconsin Announces 2015 Summit

    • 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…

      Local Veteran Finds Peace on Farm

    • 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…

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