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Plowshares Technical Articles
Plowshares are technical articles that were published by the Breaking New Ground Resource Center over several years. Each report focuses on a specific topic on farming/ranching with a disability.
- Agricultural Machinery Access Lifts: Design, Utilization, and Safety Issues (Updated June 2018) [PDF]
- Lighting for Farmsteads and Self-propelled Agricultural Machinery (New - March 2018) [PDF]
- Adaptive Hand Controls for Agricultural Equipment (Updated March 2017) [PDF]
- Prosthetic and Worksite Modifications for Farmers with Upper Extremity Amputations (Issue 3) [PDF]
- Selection and Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles by Physically Impaired Farmers (Issue 5) [PDF]
- Farming Following a Spinal Cord Injury (Issue 6) [PDF]
- New Concepts in Manlift Attachments for Tractors and Combines (Issue 8) [PDF]
- Improving Worksite Mobility for Farmers with Physical Disabilities (Issue 9) [PDF]
- Farming with a Visual Impairment (Issue 13) [PDF]
- Assistive Communication Devices for Farmers/Ranchers with Physical Disabilities (Issue 16) [PDF]
- Farming/Ranching with Cerebral Palsy (Issue 17) [PDF]
- Making Your Farmhouse Accessible (Issue 19) [PDF]
- Farming with a Respiratory Impairment (Issue 20) [PDF]
- Farming with a Hearing Impairment (Issue 23) [PDF]
- Farming with a Lower Extremity Amputation (Issue 24) [PDF]
- Accessing Horses and Horse-Drawn Vehicles (Issue 25) [PDF]
- Farming With a Back Impairment (Issue 26) [PDF]
- Potential Health and Safety Risks of Farming/Ranching with a Disability (Issue 27) [PDF]
- Accessible Recreation (Issue 28) [PDF]
- Rural Church Accessibility (Issue 30) [PDF]
Fact Sheets from Maine AgrAbility
Fact Sheets from Ohio AgrAbility
Farm Family Resources
- Assistive Technology for the Farm, AEX-983.2-11
- Extending Universal Design Principles onto the Farmstead, AEX_983_1_10.pdf
- Initital Farm Injury Emergency Response, AEX-984.1-11
- Primary Caregiver for Farm Family Member, AEX-984.2-11
- Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWEs) for Farmers and Farm Workers, AEX-983.4-13
Physical Limitations
- Gardening with a Physical Limitation, AEX-983.3-13
- Farming with Chronic Back Pain, AEX-982.7-13
- Recovery from Hip or Knee Replacement for Farmers, AEX-981.15-13
- Farming with Lower Extremity Amputation, AEX-981.9-11
- Farming with Upper Extremity Limitation/Amputation, AEX-981.10-11
- Managing Arthritis When Farming, AEX-982.1-11
Health Related Conditions
- Respiratory Impairment in Agriculture, AEX-981.17-13
- Farming with a Visual Impairment, AEX-981.16-13
- Farming with Alzheimer’s Disease, AEX-982.9-13
- Managing Stress for a Healthy Heart, AEX- 982.4-11
- Preventing Heart Disease, AEX-982.3-11
- Farming with Parkinson's Disease, AEX-982.5-11
- Farming with Diabetes, AEX-982.6-11
- Farming After a Stroke, AEX-982.2-11
Injury Prevention
- Injury Prevention: Types of Cold Stress, AEX.981.13-11
- Injury Prevention: Working in Cold Weather, AEX-981.14-11
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Using Braces to Reduce Joint Injuries, AEX-982.8-1
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Repetitive Motion, AEX- 981.12-11
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Understanding Concussions, AEX-981.11-11
- Secondary Injury Caused by Lifting, AEX-981.1-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Caught-in, Caught-between, or Struck by Objects, AEX-981.2-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Walking and Working Surfaces, AEX-981.3-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Ergonomics for the Farm, AEX-981.6-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Safety for Senior Farmers, AEX-981.7-10
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Farming with a Pacemaker, AEX_981_8_10.pdf
- Secondary Injury Prevention: Heat Stress, AEX_981_4_10.pdf
- Overexertion Causing Secondary Injury, AEX-981.5-10
Academic publications on Disability and Agriculture
For several years, research relating to issues of working in agriculture with a disability has been published. The AgrAbility Project has made a partial bibliography of these publications and media available.