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 ...

A steel grain silo is built to keep grain dry, cool, and stable from harvest to sale or feed-out. When the storage environment drifts, grain quality can drop fast. The same pattern shows up again and ...

As outdoor temperatures warm during late winter, spring, and early summer, the potential for grain storage problems increases, along with the need for grain monitoring and management.

A family in Crawford County, Ill. had their grain bins and other structures damaged during a storm, but thankfully no one was ...

Something you'll have to do when building a grain bin is lift the bin during construction. You will, therefore, need either a boom truck, crane, large forklift (small bins only!) or jacks designed for ...

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 ...

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., ...

POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - The Lepanto Fire Department breathes relief after successfully rescuing two men from a grain bin yesterday. The fire department responded to two people trapped inside 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 ...

Two other men escaped without injury.

A new fund helps Somerset County fire companies train for dangerous grain bin rescues, crucial as local crop farming ...