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 ...

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., ...

With severe weather systems becoming more constant across the country, a team of multistate agricultural researchers found in a new study that grain bins need to be carefully scrutinized for ...

Grain bin monitoring technology adoption is driven primarily by profitability, grain quality, and farmer safety. “Farmers have monitored their grain bins for many years – they would open the bin, ...

At least 83 people were injured — sometimes fatally — working in grain bins, livestock waste handling facilities, cotton module builders and other confined spaces last year, a nearly 41% increase over ...

June storms caused $100 million in damage to grain bins across the region, leaving farmers scrambling to rebuild storage before harvest. The June storms and tornadoes that swept through North Dakota ...

A fire that smoldered in a grain bin in Dover along County Rd. 142 for more than a week was extinguished on Monday, Nov. 10, ...