Most folks picture farm life as clean country air and wide-open spaces — the kind of place where lungs should thrive. But the truth is, farming can be tough on your breathing. From dusty grain bins and silage gases, and the dust at harvest time, there’s no shortage of things in the air that damage your lungs. We are only given one set of lungs. It’s best to protect them.

Last week, driving home from training at Purdue, I could see plumes of dust rising from fields that were miles away. The dry weather has created dusty harvest conditions, and I worry some of my farmer friends might get sick. Thankfully, modern combines have cabin filters than can remove much of the dust in the cab. But those filters are only good for a while, so frequently changing them out is wise.

Farmer’s Lung is on

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