Fire prevention helps farmers stay safe at harvest. Dry fields, low humidity, high winds, and hot farm equipment have been causing harvest fires across the Midwest. Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire District in central Missouri has several fire and farm safety tips for farms in this Managing for Profit.
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