Spring Planting Season Arrives in Maryland

Motorists urged to stay alert for slow-moving farm vehicles, especially during busy months Cordova, MD (April 30, 2025) — Maryland’s spring planting season is officially underway. Starting in mid-April and continuing throughout the summer and into the fall, farm...

Slow Moving Vehicles are Focus of New Driver Education Lesson

With catchy graphics and video driving examples, a first of its kind driver education unit has been developed to learn about driving near and around slow-moving vehicles. The six-minute video lesson with teacher guide offers an easy-to-use tool for driver education...

Going Beyond Compliance to Promote Employees’ Safety and Health

Best practices to help decrease injuries on your farm. Beyond compliance, safety training on the farm can be the difference between life and death. Proper training gives workers the awareness and information they need to reduce safety hazards and avoid serious and...

Checkoff Investments for Road Safety

We’ve all been there. You’re driving down the road, heading to the farm market or taking a load of soybeans to the elevator, and you hit a pothole and throw off your alignment or kick up some gravel and chip your windshield. Farmers’ soybeans are working to help...

Insurance on the Farm: Tips for Decreasing Costs with Safe Driving

Tractors, planters and combines might not have much in common with sedans, coupes and convertibles. But in the glove box, there’s proof of one thing in common: insurance. “You have to protect your farm at all costs, and insurance is key to help you do that,” says...