Federal cuts threaten Wisconsin farm safety center for children, rural communities

Federal cuts threaten Wisconsin farm safety center for children, rural communities

Reading Time: 3 minutesA Wisconsin-based research center focused on improving the health and safety of farmers and their children is under “existential threat” due to federal funding cuts.The National Farm Medicine Center at the Marshfield Clinic Health System researches the causes of farm injuries and fatalities and provides education to rural communities both in Wisconsin and around the country. It’s also home to the National Children’s Center…

Federal cuts eliminate funding for the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

Due to federal cutbacks last month, the director of the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center said the organization will run out of funding by fall. Jeff Bender, director of UMASH, said in a message to partners in agricultural safety and health that 90% of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health workforce were placed on administrative leave late last month, and many of them informed of job terminations or reassignm…