Use downtime between harvest and planting to inspect augers, belts and bearings before the next busy farming season begins.

October is historically a transitional month. Seasonally, that isn’t surprising with the U.S. Midwest hitting the peak of corn and soybean harvest. This typically coincides with the trade largely ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Grain bins, silos and silage piles can be potentially dangerous areas to work on farms. Farmers can reduce the potential danger by wearing a safety harness and using a ...

NOKOMIS, Ill. (WAND) - An hours-long rescue culminating in a team of 70 people—first responders from around the area and local farmers looking to help—worked to free a farmer who got caught inside a ...

According to a news release, a male victim was trapped in beans in a steel grain bin while crews were moving grain. Photo courtesy: Grant County Emergency Management Photo courtesy: Grant County ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada's two big railways are failing to meet demand for moving grain from farms to ports and North American buyers, despite government intervention, a report by ...

Through a series of Beck’s Day Ever videos, Beck’s Hybrids is raising awareness about grain bin entrapments by sharing stories of survival and hope. In 2019, in Minnesota, fire and rescue departments ...

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 ...