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More than 210 work-related deaths occurred on Minnesota farms from 2003 to 2013 — an increase of more than 30 percent when compared with a decade earlier. 

MPR News with Tom Weber talks with Jeffrey Meitrodt, the Star Tribune reporter who wrote the 

 series that examines the largely unseen dangers of farming.

Two key findings:
1) Farms are less safe for workers than mines or construction sites

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More than 210 work-related deaths occurred on Minnesota farms from 2003 to 2013 — an increase of more than 30 percent when compared with a decade earlier.

More than 210 work-related deaths occurred on Minnesota farms from 2003 to 2013 -- an increase of more than 30 percent when compared with a decade earlier. MPR News with Tom Weber talks to the Star Tribune reporter who wrote this series.

Interview: The unseen dangers of farming

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