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National Farm Safety and Health Week

Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first National Farm Safety Week proclamation in 1944, National Farm Safety and Health Week has been recognized by Presidential proclamation from every President since then.

On Friday, September 19, President Obama issued the proclamation, proclaiming September 21-27, 2014 as National Farm Safety and Health Week.

“And this year’s theme is “Safety Counts – Protect What Matters,” said Dee Jepsen, Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist for Ohio State University Extension. “There’s no excuse anymore for us to just accept some of the injuries that happen, we really can make a difference and I think some of our young managers coming out in the workplace understand that and they’re willing to change that culture that we don’t accept that bad things can happen to our workforce.”