It’s harvest season, and farmers are hard at work. Our community relies on their success, make this a safe harvest season. National Farm Safety and Health Week has been recognized for eighty years, since September 1944. Many injuries are preventable through education.  This week serves as a great opportunity to reflect and revisit the importance of safety on farms or ranches, as well as adopt new and innovative practices to promote the awareness of safety solutions year-round. For informational videos visit: http://www.necasag.org/nationalfarmsafetyandhealthweek/

Our 2026 National Farm Safety & Health Week messages are brought to you locally by:

ALTAMONT

• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• ADM Grain – Altamont
• Riechmann Brothers John Deere
• Richard Siddens Agency
• Carriage House Event Center
• Effingham County Farm Bureau
• Bluff Equipment
• Deb’s Catering

BEECHER CITY

• Schaefer Pumpkin Patch
• Schaefer Hay Company
• First State Bank of Beecher City
• Sloan’s Auto Body & Repair
• Blackwater Tree Service
• Quality Garage Doors & More
• Effingham County Farm Bureau
• Rhodes Automotive Service
• Bryer Rhodes Band
• Loudon Construction
• Mile End Ag Services

CASEY

• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Birkey’s Farm Store
• Casey State Bank
• Darad Inc

CLAY CITY

• Harvel Farms
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Dusty’s Tire
• Car Corral
• Clay County Farm Bureau

COWDEN-HERRICK

• Curt Campbell-Golden Harvest Seed Advisor
• Cowden Food Mart
• Sloan’s Auto Body & Repair
• First State Bank of Beecher City
• Mile End Ag Services

CUMBERLAND

• First Neighbor Bank of Toledo
• Evapco Midwest
• Darad Inc.
• Birkey’s Farm Store

DIETERICH

• Niemerg’s Steakhouse
• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Niebrugge Lumber Company & Ag Service
• Elliott Seed Solutions Your Local Precision Planting Equipment Dealer
• Birkey’s Farm Store
• Newton Animal Health Center – NAHC
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Farley Insurance
• Newton Parts Supply – NAPA
• Milano & Grunloh Engineers
• Bishop Mutual Insurance – Doug Slifer
• Goebel Equipment
• McMahon Meats
• Effingham County Farm Bureau

EFFINGHAM

• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Milano & Grunloh Engineers
• Effingham County Farm Bureau
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Farley Insurance
• Epic Ag Solutions
• Scheid Diesel
• EquipmentShare of Effingham
• Wortman Printing
• DHB Transmission

FARINA – South Central

• Wabash Valley Produce
• ADM Grain in Farina
• Riechmann Brothers John Deere
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Car Corral
• Bonner Fence Company
• B&A Livestock Feed Company

FLORA

• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Car Corral
• Clay County Farm Bureau
• The Country Closet

FULL ARMOR

• Car Corral
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Blair’s Slaughtering & Processing
• The Country Closet

NEOGA

• D&M Electrical
• Sav-Mor Pharmacy

NEWTON

• Elliott Seed Solutions – Your Local Precision Planting Equipment Dealer
• Personal Service Realty
• Medicine Shoppe
• Birkey’s Farm Store
• Jasper County Soil and Water Conservation District
• Evapco Midwest
• Newton Animal Health Center – NAHC
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Newton Auto Parts NAPA
• Chad Farley with Farley Insurance
• B&B Recyclers
• Car Corral
• Expert Collision Center

LOUISVILLE-NORTH CLAY

• Blair’s Slaughtering & Processing
• Poehler Trucking
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• Car Corral
• Harrison Insurance
• Dismal Creek Kennel
• Clay County Farm Bureau

OBLONG

• Birkey’s Farm Store
• Sparks & Sons Honda
• First Robinson Savings Bank
• B & B Recyclers
• Expert Collision Center

ST. ELMO

• Bluff Equipment
• Sperry’s Service
• Bartels Family Farm and Excavating
• Blackwater Tree Service
• Small Town Treats

SHELBYVILLE

• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Shelby Electric Cooperative
• Curt Campbell – Golden Harvest Seed Advisor
• Barker Implement
• Shelby County Farm Bureau
• First Federal Insurance Services
• Boarman’s Auto Sales

STEWARDSON-STRASBURG

• DHB Transmission
• Waldhoff Repair

TEUTOPOLIS

• Niemerg’s Steakhouse
• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Kountry Kitchen
• Chad Farley with Farley Insurance
• Wabash Communications Fiber
• McMahon Meats
• Performance Lawn & Power
• Milano & Grunloh Engineers
• Goebel Equipment
• Effingham County Farm Bureau

WINDSOR

• Barker Implement
• Merz Heating & Air Conditioning
• Waldhoff Repair