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Proclamation 10810 of September 13, 2024 

National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

America’s farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers work around the clock to 

nourish our Nation and power our economy, allowing us to feed our communities and compete in markets worldwide. They also steward lands and 

provide meaningful jobs in our rural and Tribal communities. During National 

Farm Safety and Health Week, we recognize the incredible contributions 

of everyone working on farms, and we recommit to improving their safety 

and well-being. 

Our Nation’s farms are a source of prosperity, but working on them can 

be exhausting and hazardous. The agriculture sector is one of America’s 

most dangerous industries. Climate change and intensifying extreme heat 

puts the lives of agricultural workers at risk and decrease productivity 

and profits. Uncertainty in the industry heightens stress and takes a toll 

on our farmworkers’ mental health. And unfortunately, many rural communities lack accessible health care, as nearly 200 rural hospitals have closed 

in the past 20 years. 

I believe health care should be a right, not a privilege. To that end, my 

Administration is investing in rural health care services, training the next 

generation of rural health care providers, and expanding mental health resources in rural communities. We established the Rural Emergency Hospital 

Designation to make it easier for struggling hospitals to stay open and 

help ensure that rural communities have access to emergency services. With 

$500 million from my American Rescue Plan and $65 billion from my 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are making it easier for people in rural 

areas to access health care, including telehealth services and affordable 

mental health care. We launched 988—the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline— 

so that anyone dealing with a crisis can connect to trained counselors 

by phone, text, or chat. We also finalized a rule that strengthens mental 

health parity by requiring health insurers to cover mental health care just 

as they do physical health care. And we added more than 140 Certified 

Community Behavioral Health Clinics across the Nation, which provide 

mental health and crisis services to anyone in need, regardless of their 

ability to pay. 

I have maintained my commitment to be the most pro-labor and pro-worker 

President in history by making sure our workers are safe and secure. Under 

my leadership and the leadership of Vice President Kamala Harris, the 

Department of Labor proposed the Nation’s first-ever Federal safety standard 

for excessive heat in the workplace, which would require employers to 

implement rest breaks, provide access to shade and water, and develop 

a plan to respond to heat illness. The Department of Labor also finalized 

a Farmworker Protection Rule to strengthen protections for temporary agricultural workers to ensure all farmworkers in the United States are treated 

fairly and have safe work environments. 

My Administration is providing farms with the resources they need to grow 

and thrive. Through the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program, the Department of Agriculture awarded $50 million from my American 

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sized farms, helping ensure they can hire and retain the workers they need 

to be competitive while improving labor standards for workers. We are 

working to extend crop insurance coverage to give financial security to 

farmers who practice double cropping. We have made $900 million available 

to boost fertilizer production for farms, and I signed an Executive Order 

to increase competition and make sure that family farms are on a level 

playing field with corporate farms. 

During National Farm Safety and Health Week, we honor farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers for putting food on our tables, powering our economy, 

and supporting our communities. And we recommit to ensuring they have 

the resources they need to continue this work and live full, healthy lives. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through 

September 21, 2024, as National Farm Safety and Health Week. I call upon 

the people of the United States—including America’s farmers; ranchers; 

and agriculture-related institutions, organizations, and businesses—to reaffirm a dedication to farm safety and health. I also urge all Americans 

to express appreciation and gratitude to our farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers for their tireless service to our Nation. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day 

of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-ninth. 

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