Share The Road

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.

Harvest is underway across Oregon, and for the next couple of months the state Department of Transportation is reminding all motorists.

With harvest in full effect for many commodities across the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon Farm Bureau is asking drivers to keep their eyes peeled as farmers and to share the roadway. Oregon Farm Bureau’s Anne Marie Moss, said drivers should proceed with caution, courtesy and patience when behind slow moving, large equipment. "People ...

Late October is a very busy time for Northwest Agriculture. Apple harvest is under way, grape harvest is kicking into a higher gear, and then there’s field maintenance and work. And with all of that activity taking place in farm country, motorists are asked to watch for farm equipment sharing the roadway from time to time. ...

With harvest getting underway in earnest across the Inland Northwest, the Oregon Farm Bureau is asking motorist to slowdown and watch for large equipment and implements on are highways. Kristie Glaser Vice Chair of the Oregon Farm Bureau Health and Safety Committee said it is legal for farmers to drive those slow moving pieces of equipment on public roadways ...