{"id":1377,"date":"2026-10-02T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=harvest-season-underway-drivers-urged-to-use-caution-around-farm-equipment"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:46:51","slug":"harvest-season-underway-drivers-urged-to-use-caution-around-farm-equipment","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=harvest-season-underway-drivers-urged-to-use-caution-around-farm-equipment","title":{"rendered":"Harvest season underway: Drivers urged to use caution around farm equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/C1459.MP4.13_48_43_39.Still001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212;\u00a0Harvest season is underway, and drivers can expect to see more farm equipment on rural roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 163 traffic crashes involving farm equipment were reported in Missouri last year, resulting in one death and 37 injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missouri law allows agricultural machinery and implements to be operated on state highways during periods of darkness for agricultural purposes, provided such vehicles are equipped with the required lighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>KQ2 will update this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/10\/02\/harvest-season-underway-drivers-urged-to-use-caution-around-farm-equipment\/\">Harvest season underway: Drivers urged to use caution around farm equipment<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212;\u00a0Harvest season is underway, and drivers can expect to see more farm equipment on rural roads. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 163 traffic crashes involving farm equipment were reported in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1378,"template":"","class_list":["post-1377","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}