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There is not an effective, systematic approach to agricultural safety education for secondary students in the United States. To address the problem, the Teaching Agricultural Safety to Kids program at the University of Missouri-Columbia surveyed 260 secondary agriculture teachers to determine their interest in agricultural safety course work and their need for agricultural safety instructional materials in 18 subject areas. The survey revealed that 95% of the teachers agreed that staying current with agricultural safety and health was crucial to their teaching responsibilities. However, when asked about their interest in enrolling in a course on agricultural safety, a majority of the teachers indicated they were not interested. Conversely, the respondents reported an interest in obtaining updated safety and health instructional materials. Findings from this descriptive study were used to guide the development of agricultural safety instructional materials for secondary teachers, including student reference guides, teacher demonstrations, and student competency assessments.