Lightning Safety for Florida Agriculture Workers

Shawn Steed and Alicia Whidden

Release Date: 5/27/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. Published by Farm Economics, entrepreneurship, and management

About this Publication

This document is AE526, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2018. Revised December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Shawn Steed, environmental horticulture production Extension agent III; and Alicia Whidden, small fruit and vegetable Extension agent III, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Shawn Steed

Contact

County agent

University of Florida

Extension agent IV, M.S., environmental horticulture/ornamental, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County

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Alicia J. Whidden

retired Extension agent III, M.S., vegetable crops, P.L., UF/IFAS Hillsborough County, Seffner, FL

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