In this photo taken on Nov. 30, 2011, Stetson Meyer, 14, feeds sows on a hog farm, with his brother Shane Meyer Jr., 16, working in the rear, near Beatrice in southeast Nebraska.
The U.S. Labor Department is proposing new rules for child farm workers that would keep many from driving tractors, using big equipment and working with livestock. Labor officials say the rules are needed because farming is one of the nation's most dangerous occupations, but farmers say the proposed rules could keep kids from helping out on their parents' and grandparents' farms. And, they say, if young people can't get jobs on farms, fewer will develop an interest in agriculture careers. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
