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Overview
Risk Factors
Farmer's Lung is a risk for adults who breathe dust from moldy hay or other moldy crops. For reasons not completely understood, children rarely develop Farmer's Lung.
The degree of risk depends on the amount of dust that has collected in the person's lungs. There is little danger working with loose hay in an open field. However, the risk increases when farmers or farm workers are breaking open bales of moldy hay or straw inside closed barns or cow sheds. A person can inhale an extremely large amount of dust within a very short time while working indoors.
Other people exposed to dust from moldy hay; straw or grain include grain handlers, stable employees, poultry workers, and pet shop workers.