It’s not just corn that’s at risk of spoilage; soybeans can have storage problems too. In a big bin, beans will spoil if they don’t have enough air moving through during storage. It’s very important ...

Jack the giant killer was right to believe the beans were magic. Enchanted beans are no longer a fairy tale proposition for agriculture. Thumb-sized plastic beans, packed with a world of sensor ...

On Tuesday, AGI announced it is standardizing its North America grain bin materials, and therefore closing the Grand Island, Neb., manufacturing facility. The Grand Island site was part of AGI’s ...

Above: Purdue student in grain bin rescue simulator. I recently re-watched the 2016 video entitled, “Stop, Think, & Live!” a work about grain entrapment, produced by Posey County Farm Bureau, Inc., ...

Sinking Mississippi River levels in recent years have caused grain shipping disruptions, prompting farmers to pursue on-farm grain bins to preserve quality and market potential. "Storage is becoming a ...

VOLGA, S.D. — Two people were recently killed after being trapped in a farm silo near Volga, South Dakota, adding to a list of a number of grain and forage handling tragedies on farms across the ...

The checkoff boards for Nebraska’s No. 1 and No. 2 commodities will work together again this year to promote grain bin safety ...

The commercial grain industry responded to a record number of grain entrapments and deaths in 2010 with more safety videos, publications and training programs. "Have tragic incidents still happened?

Firefighters from across two counties assembled Tuesday at a grain bin northeast of Franklin. The reason? To practice what to do when the call comes in from a local farmer or their family: someone has ...

One of the grimmest signs at a farmstead is a grain bin with a triangle cut in the side. It is the indication of a ...