Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (rain date: April 22, 2025)

Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm CST

Location: Arlington Agricultural Research Station, N695 Hopkins Rd, Arlington, WI 53911

REGISTER HERE (20 registrations available) 

If you cannot attend this training, please fill out this interest form to let us know you are interested in attending a future tractor safety training.

Join us for a full-day tractor safety training for Tribal producers and Tribal staff members hosted by the Rural Partnerships Institute Indigenous Food Systems Project and UW Extension in collaboration with the Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council. Instructors Brian Luck and John Shutske will provide a general introduction to equipment safety and the basics of tractors and combines in a morning classroom session. In the afternoon, participants will rotate outdoor stations to learn hands-on the basics of tractor operation and safety. Different types of tractors, attachments, and equipment will be provided. Stations will cover getting readying tractors to operate, tractor operation and driving, hooking up and pulling PTO and drawbar implements, trailering safety, and skid steer operation.

We are collaborating with our partners at the Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council to reimburse Tribal members from Tribes in Wisconsin for travel expenses. Information on eligibility in the registration form.

Please reach out to Will Fulwider (will.fulwider@wisc.edu) with questions about the training.

Brian Luck is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist and Vice Chair of the UW–-Madison Department of Biological Systems Engineering. Brian’s research program focuses on machine automation, data acquisition, image processing, and providing unbiased information about precision agriculture technologies to farmers.

John Shutske is a Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and Director of the UW–Madison Center for Agricultural Safety & Health. John is an agricultural safety and health specialist, focusing on issues of injury prevention, worker health, mental health, stress management, and risk assessment.