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Deere & Company Recognizes May as National Safe Digging Month
MOLINE, IL -- Warmer weather brings numerous landscaping and repair projects, and with them digging jobs that damage utility lines, disrupt neighborhood service and lead to fines and repair costs. But homeowners and contractors have a resource to avoid the accidents — 811, the national call-before-you-dig number.

New Gas Detector Can See Ethanol
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- A new gas detector that reacts to toxic or explosive concentrations of ethanol has been developed by Sensor Electronics of Minneapolis. Like gasoline, ethanol is extremely volatile and explosive. It's also toxic: In high concentrations it displaces oxygen, leading to asphyxiation and possible death. This new infrared gas detector "sees" even minute traces of ethanol, making it ideal for protecting biofuel refineries converting corn, soybeans, sugar cane, beets, seaweed and other vegetation into the gas.

Slow Moving Farm Vehicles Return to PA Roads
ELIZABETHTOWN -- As farmers head to the fields to plant their spring crops, representatives from Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and the Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture, State Police and Transportation joined together to promote safe driving on rural roads at Hershey Farms in Lancaster County as part of Rural Roads Safety Week (RRSW), April 19-26.

Governor Rendell Proclaims 'Rural Roads Safety Week' in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG -- Rural roads will be bustling in coming weeks and months as farmers head to their fields to produce Pennsylvania’s safe and nutritious food supply. In response, Governor Edward G. Rendell has proclaimed April 19-26 as “Rural Roads Safety Week” in Pennsylvania.

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PA Farm News is a free online independent news source for Pennsylvania farmers.	Deere & Company Recognizes May as National Safe Digging Month MOLINE, IL -- Warmer weather brings numerous landscaping and repair projects, and with them digging jobs that damage utility lines, disrupt neighborhood service and lead to fines and repair costs. But homeowners and contractors have a resource to avoid the accidents — 811, the national call-before-you-dig number. New Gas Detector Can See Ethanol MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- A new gas detector that reacts to toxic or explosive concentrations of ethanol has been developed by Sensor Electronics of Minneapolis. Like gasoline, ethanol is extremely volatile and explosive. It's also toxic: In high concentrations it displaces oxygen, leading to asphyxiation and possible death. This new infrared gas detector "sees" even minute traces of ethanol, making it ideal for protecting biofuel refineries converting corn, soybeans, sugar cane, beets, seaweed and other vegetation into the gas. Slow Moving Farm Vehicles Return to PA Roads ELIZABETHTOWN -- As farmers head to the fields to plant their spring crops, representatives from Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and the Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture, State Police and Transportation joined together to promote safe driving on rural roads at Hershey Farms in Lancaster County as part of Rural Roads Safety Week (RRSW), April 19-26. Governor Rendell Proclaims 'Rural Roads Safety Week' in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG -- Rural roads will be bustling in coming weeks and months as farmers head to their fields to produce Pennsylvania’s safe and nutritious food supply. In response, Governor Edward G. Rendell has proclaimed April 19-26 as “Rural Roads Safety Week” in Pennsylvania.

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