Local fire department reflects on impact of farm safety leader Dale DobsonSource: Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell. Share This StoryemailPrintLinkedinRedditWARREN COUNTY, Ky. – The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is mourning the loss of Dale Dobson, who oversaw the department’s Farm Safety Program. According to Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, Dobson served under four commissioners before Shell appointed him as director of Farm Safety and Rural Health. Shell says Dobson built the department’s Farm Safety Program “from the ground up,” with his impact could be measured by lives saved. We have had the privilege over the years to have learned a lot about farm safety from him.