The farming industry can be very difficult, with spikes in needed materials for the fields to the decline in people joining the profession overall. However, there are other challenges that many farmers face: Being injured or facing a disability.
The farming industry can be very difficult, especially with spikes in needed materials for the fields to the decline in people joining the profession overall. Because of these high numbers, programs are trying to help farmers with disability in any way they can to keep producing.
Despite all that, it doesn’t stop him from farming. But Kaltenberg also suffers from other injuries from years on the job. "We have an aging population in agriculture,” said Andrea Klahn with the nonprofit group AgrAbility. “There are a lot of hurdles to getting started. So, keeping farmers farming healthy and safely is a great goal for us."