National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

06/22/2026

By monitoring and responding to emerging issues, we can keep farm kids safe today and for generations to come. https://bit.ly/49400Jm

06/19/2026

Will your children be helping you garden this year? Use these guidelines to assign them appropriate tasks:https://cultivatesafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/youth_working_in_gardens_en.pdf

06/16/2026

🌾🐮 Raising little farmhands? Here are some quick rules to keep our kiddos safe! 🚜✨

1️⃣ No Extra Riders: Safety first on those tractors!
2️⃣ Stay Out: Keep barns, shops & fields a no-go during work time.
3️⃣ No Playing Near Grain: It may look like sand, but it's dangerous! ⚠️
4️⃣ Ask First: Curiosity is great—just check before touching anything!

Let's keep our future farmers safe & sound! ❤️👩‍🌾👨‍🌾
www.cultivatesafety.org

06/15/2026

Science and community voices together guide the most effective strategies for protecting children in agriculture. https://bit.ly/49400Jm

06/11/2026

This summer, UW Madison Extension is offering Mental Health First Aid training at an incredible value of just $50. This evidence-based course equips participants with the skills to recognize and respond to mental health challenges—essential for professionals and everyday life.

If you work with youth, don’t miss out on the Youth Mental Health First Aid course tailored specifically for adults interacting with young people. Let’s empower our communities together!

To register or for more information, click here: https://eventreg.wisc.edu/en/5f4YRxR7/g/extension

06/09/2026

Translating research into action helps communities implement real, lasting safety changes on farms. https://bit.ly/49400Jm

06/08/2026

Rural young women often face unique challenges in accessing resources due to generational and gendered power dynamics, as well as structural, economic, social, and spatial constraints. Greater unpaid and domestic care responsibilities contribute to keeping young women out of education, employment, and training. https://www.fao.org/woman-farmer-2026

06/04/2026

"School’s out, which means a lot more kids and teenagers will be helping around the farm this summer. For many farm families, summer also brings more hired help onto farms, including teenagers who may not have grown up around livestock, machinery or day-to-day farm work.

While farm kids often become comfortable around equipment and chores at a young age, familiarity can sometimes make people overlook risks. For youth with little agricultural experience, those risks can be even greater. Farms remain busy worksites filled with hazards many other jobs do not have, from large animals and machinery to heat stress and chemical exposure.

The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS) encourages farms to match jobs with a child’s age, experience and physical ability. Tasks adults handle every day can quickly become dangerous when youth take on work beyond their skill level."

With school out and more youth heading into summer farm work, now is the time to put safety checks in place before kids take on responsibilities on the farm.