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Rebate honors young farmer who died from manure gas poisoning

August 2, 2017, Marshfield, WI – Mike Biadasz’s death has spurred his family to help prevent a similar farm tragedy from occurring again.

The 29-year-old and six cattle on his family’s farm near Amherst were overcome by toxic gas released from a manure pit last year.

Today, the Biadasz Family donated $40,000 it raised to the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) based at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute and Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach (CCO) establishing the Mike Biadasz Farm Safety and Education Memorial Fund.

Farmers can apply for a rebate that covers the cost for a portable gas monitor device that detects gas levels and alerts them when potentially lethal levels are reached. READ MORE