No matter if your role is a producer driving a combine, a driver hauling grain to the local elevators, or a motorist on country roads surrounded by farmland, safety needs to be kept in mind.
This is a busy time of year, as many of our commodities are being harvested, from the final wheat fields, to apples, grapes, potatoes, and a host of other products. And harvest means a bump in traffic around farms and ranches.
The American Society of Civil Engineers gives Oregon a C-minus for infrastructure. The group’s Ana Tijerina Esquino said they graded 12 categories.
“Bridges and roads, for example, did get downgraded this time. That is because our road ...