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Co.) Tractors, combines, pesti
cides, livestock, and other tools of
the agricultural trade make farm
ing a risky profession. About 2SO
Pennsylvanians are permanently
disabled by farm accidents every
year, and many wind up leaving
the agricultural profession.
A new statewide effort will help
them stay in farming. AgrAbility
for Pennsylvanians, a cooperative
program of Penn State's College
of Agricultural Sciences and the
Easter Seal Society of Central
Pennsylvania, helps agricultural
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AgrAbility Helps Farmers Stay In Field
workers and their families cope
with conditions that restrict their
ability to perform farm tasks.
“AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians
is concerned with more than farm
accidents,” said the project’s
director, Connie Baggett, associ
ate professor of agricultural and
extension education. “This project
assists agricultural workers who
have suffered heart attacks,
strokes, lung diseases, breathing
disorders and other maladies that
hinder their ability to be active in
the agricultural industry.”
“Farmers have unique rehabili
the FFA junior champion position
with his winter calf, Oakleigh
Encore Debra.
Troy D. Young of Greencastle
took both the 4-H reserve and
open reserve junior champion
awards with his spring yearling,
tation needs because of equipment
operation, handling of animals,
and other physically demanding
tasks,” said Doug Schaufler, pro
ject associate in agricultural and
extension education and Agr-
Ability program manager. “But
many farm families lack access to
traditional rehabilitation services
because farms are often in isolated
areas and farm tasks cannot wait
while the family seeks services.
“Our goal is to make rehabilita
tion services and information
more accessible to the farm fami
lies that need them,” he said.
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Spring Calf; I. RacheUe Young, 2. Aaron
Horn, 3. Cuitia Reichard. Winter Calf; 1. Oennia
Hill, 2 Aaron Horn, 3. David Hill, Fall Calf: 1.
Robert Harwood, 2. Michele Reaaner, 3. Al-Hart
Holateina. Summer Yearling: 1. Craig Walton, 1
Betdal Brother!, 3. Brian Varner. Spring Year
ling; 1. Troy Young, 2. Guy and Sharon Ham
mond, 3. Aaron Young. Winter Yearling; 1.
Donald Harwood, 2. Wendy Braund, 3. John
Leib Jr, FaU Yearling; 1. Mitchell Naugle, 2.
Chad Pocteiger, 3. Julie Ann Dyarman. Diy Cowa
3 Yean A Over: 1. Kevin Hotat, 2 Melinda Ale
xander, 3. Amy Kulick. Junior 2-Year-Old: 1.
Scott Walton, 2. Al-Hart Holateina, 3. Beidel
Brotheta. Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Le Ida Farm, 2
Benjamin Mickey, 3. Le Ida Farm. Junior
3-Year-Old: 1. Harry and Aliene Thompaon, 2
Jeffrey and Michele Reaaner, 3. Galen Smith.
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Leroy Showaker, 2. Lelda
Farm, 3. Elizabeth Walton. 4-Year-Old: 1. Eli
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Farma. 3-Year-Old; 1. Jeffrey Reaaner.
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To meet that goal. AgrAbility
works with rehabilitation counsel
ors, occupational and physical
therapists and others to make sure
farmers with disabilities know
their options and can remain ac
tive in the agricultural communi
ty. The program also offers direct
on-site services for farmers, in
cluding suggestions for modifying
the farm or home; suggestions for
adapting and modifying tools and
equipment; and referrals to com
munity rehabilitation resources.
AgrAbility’s community ser
vices include efforts to raise
awareness of the unique chal
lenges faced by farmers with dis
abilities, specialized training for
rehabilitation professionals and
therapists, and educational pro
grams on preventing farm injuries.
Penn State faculty members
U.B. Bakker, associate professor
of 4-H youth; James Hilton, asso
ciate professor of agricultural en
gineering and agricultural educa
tion; and Dennis Murphy, profes-
National Communication
Award Winners Announced
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
Nancy Kadwill, extension agent
for Penn State Extension, will be
honored at the Professional Im
provement Conference of the Na
tional Association of County
Agricultural Agents (NACAA) to
be held here Aug. 20-24, ac
cording to Henry Bartholomew,
national chair of the Communica
tions Committee for NACAA.
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According to the National Safe
ty Council, approximately
130,000 people suffer disabling
injuries on U.S. farms every year,
each costing approximately
$27,000 in medical expenses, lost
wages and other expenses.
The National AgrAbility Pro
ject was established by Congress
in 1991 to close gaps in rural ser
vices that denied people with dis
abilities the ability to earn their
living in agriculture. A grant from
the U.S. Department of Agricul
ture has enabled Pennsylvania to
join 18 other states in providing
guidance on adapting and using
modified farm equipment and
tools, making buildings and
homes more accessible and chang
ing farm operations to accommo
date a disability.
For more information about
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians,
contact Doug Schaufler at (814)
863-7868.
Kadwill will be awarded a
plaque and a cash award for plac
ing second nationally in news fea
ture photo category. The Excel
lence in Communication awards
are to honor extension profession
als from across the country for
outstanding work in radio, video,
news columns, and other educa
tional materials. The Excellence
in Communications Program had
more than 1,000 entries in 1995.