Tilling the soil. Andrew Johnson, a farmer in Indianola, plows a field in preparation for soy bean planting, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
A 19-year-old farmworker from South Africa suffocated to death in a Delta farm’s grain bin last year because of his employer’s negligence, according to a report and citations from the U.S. Department of Labor.
