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

FARGO, N.D. -- If you are working with grain, you need to know how to keep from getting trapped in it. A lot of wetter-than-normal corn went into storage this year, and wet corn is more prone to ...

As harvest season quickly approaches, Iowans are reminded to practice safety around grain bins and grain handling equipment. There were nine reported grain entrapments in Iowa in 2022, more than any ...

ERDAHL, Minn. — Dale and Cindy Ekdahl got into the grain bin safety business more than a decade ago. It started, Dale recalls, after a 13-year-old boy died not far from their farm in western Minnesota ...

Meteorologist Jacob Dickey has a great conversation and a demonstration about grain bin safety and driving safety in rural areas with Sarah Kaper from the Champaign County Farm Bureau Foundation's Ag ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) encourage Illinois farmers to review safety practices while working in and around grain bins during Grain Bin ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- With harvest season upon us, residents in Northwest Missouri might frequently see big, silver units while driving down the highway. Grain bins are used to store ...

Many of you are aware that there have been several grain bin entrapments in the state over the past couple of months. It’s not a good way to start off the year. In my judgement, these events are ...

The Dover Fire Department says after 5 days of fighting a grain bin fire on County Road 142, it was finally able to ...

Since 1964, Purdue University has recorded more than 800 cases of flowing grain entrapments. Many, if not most “non-fatal” incidents go unreported. The U.S. averages 15-20 documented entrapments per ...