This week the wildfires caused fatal tragedies, animal relocation, and devastation in California, over 200,000 acres have went up in smoke.

An Oregon farmer has died in a fire after authorities say he was trying to create a fire line to protect his neighbor’s property.  On Wednesday afternoon the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office reported to a call of a burnt tractor. Deputies located the burnt tractor and the operator of the tractor, John Ruby, a short […]

Ranchers in Lower Valley, Washington have filed a lawsuit against the United States, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Army for the repercussions of the Range 12 Fire of 2016. And they’re asking for $15 million. The suit says the U.S. Army acted recklessly when they continued with a live ammunition field training […]

A Wayne County, Pennsylvania dairy farm was wiped out after a devastating fire Tuesday afternoon, claiming the lives of 100 cows. According to WNEP16, the fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the one-story dairy barn at the Jonas Cold Springs Farm near Pleasant Mount. One hundred and twenty cows were in the barn […]

Donations from as far away as Australia, Poland, Ireland, and Italy have came in for a young New York farmer after losing his farm to a fire last Friday night. A GoFundMe was set up for 21-year-old Dylan Hapeman after a devastating fire destroyed the High Ridge Farm barn, his equipment, and 52 animals, including his […]

A natural gas pipeline explosion Tuesday morning in Lee County, Illinois has taken the lives of two farm workers and injured two more. According to Sheriff John Simonton with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, a 911 call came in about 9:02 a.m. reporting an explosion with fire visible in a field near Nachusa off of […]

Our hearts go out to this Georgia FFA chapter, who lost more than 50 show pigs after a barn fire early Saturday morning. The barn belonged to the Houston County Board of Education and was a total loss after the fire. After news of the fire hit social media, Perry High held a meeting for […]

Our hearts just ache with more sad news from our ag community. Forty-seven-year old James Blakely of Greenville, Kentucky was working on a combine Monday, when he became stuck in the engine compartment. When the engine caught on on fire, Blakely was trapped inside. He died at the scene.

The Laramie County Fire District #2 has determined a heat lamp in a chicken coop was the cause of a fire in Wyoming last week that took out a mobile home, a camper, two older vehicles, and a 20-foot enclosed box trailer. The chickens were able to escape, but officials estimate the damage at $20,000. […]

More than 1 million layers died Monday night after a fire broke out at an egg-producing facility near North Manchester, Indiana.