



| Bright Ideas! Brighter Future! Common sense prevails | |
| May 04, 2012 Jody Lamp | |
![]() Chalk a big old “W” in the “WIN” column for agriculture this past week, folks! Common sense prevailed in Washington when the United Stated Department of Labor, under heavy pressure from farm groups, dropped an effort barring children younger than 16 years old from driving tractors and most other powered farm equipment. Also under the proposal, those younger than 18 would not have been able to work in feed lots, grain bins or stocky... (The rest of this story is available to Subscribers only. Please subscribe or login here if you are already a subscriber) |