Authors

Jo Bek, Professor Emeriti, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

Joanna Hergenreder, Associate Professor, Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture holds primary responsibilities at NCTA include management of the college horse barn, horse herd, the Everett Stencil Livestock Teaching Center, in addition to coaching the Ranch Horse Team and the instruction of all equine courses taught in the Animal Science/Ag Education Division.  She strives to build independent students that consider every possible angle when making a decision all while honoring a strong work ethic, standard, and integrity.

Dr. Steve Krull, DVM has been serving the Curtis area, treating both large and small animals, specializing in equine. He practices both western and eastern medicine, dentistry, spaying, neutering, laser therapy, and acupuncture.

Jill Oatman is a Risk Control Consultant for Gallagher. She specializes in providing risk management services to clients in the area of safety. She is responsible for providing risk management support while assisting clients with controlling and minimizing the total cost of risk. Her expertise is in livestock operations and has extensive experience in the agricultural industry. Jill received her bachelors of science in 2018 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Veterinary Science. In 2020, she graduated with a Master’s in Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Environmental and Occupational Health.

Ellen Duysen is the Community Outreach Specialist in the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (CS-CASH). As Center Coordinator for CS-CASH, she provides the Center Director with assistance in planning, coordinating and monitoring the 23 projects funded by the Center. These projects encompass research, prevention/intervention, education/translation, outreach, evaluation, and cross-disciplinary efforts. She engages internal and external advisory committees, oversee fiscal and resource management, maintain records, and compile Center reports. She serves as the course director for the annual, week-long Agricultural Medicine Course that provides continuing education credits to health care providers across the US. In addition to administrative responsibilities, she is involved in the Center’s active Outreach program. This program delivers educational materials, demonstrations and presentations on the topics of respiratory and hearing protection, as well as injury prevention to the agricultural community in the Center’s seven states region.

David Sullivan is the Director of the Ag Health & Safety Alliance. He was raised on his family’s farm in Western Australia, which specialized in broad acre cropping and sheep production. After graduating in Agricultural Farm and Business Management at Marcus Oldham College (Australia’s Premier Ag University), he worked in the live export industry and then managed a large-scale cattle station. In 2006 he relocated to Canada for a short venture in construction health and safety. He is a farmer, without a farm so focusing on agricultural health and safety is his true calling.

His work with the College Ag program in North America offers an opportunity to reach the next generation of agriculture in a fun and interactive way. Bringing the international health and safety perspective to students is an important way of connecting with students who are involved in agriculture.

Deana Namuth-Covert is the owner of ReNewUp Skilling and she lead teams to construct creative approaches in distance education, while expanding the impact of research, teaching and workforce development efforts in agriculture.  She is optimistic about the use of online technologies to simultaneously empower individuals, strengthen local communities and resolve complex global challenges.

Acknowledgements

Funding for safety training modules provided by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing grant U54 OH010162 to CS-CASH.