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 fall harvest slowly comes into sight, here are some oft-overlooked wear points on combines with more than 4,000 engine hours: 1. Feederhouse floor. Everything that passes through a combine is drawn ...

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., ...

There is such a thing as too close for comfort when it comes to grain bins and power lines. It’s not just the massive metal structure sitting next to hanging high-voltage lines. There’s also the ...

It’s getting to be quite a challenging start in the year from getting out of a late wet harvest season to now dealing with the disruptions of life and services as we know it due to the COVID-19 ...

One of the best ways to carry corn and soybeans to the finish line is a portable auger. It sounds easy enough, but miscalculating factors such as length, capacity and crop condition can result in ...

Whenever possible, don’t enter a grain bin. If you must enter the bin, as a farm owner/operator you should: • Break up crusted grain from the outside of the bin with a long pole. When using a pole, ...

Anyone working around grain bins needs to be aware of the dangers of stored grain, North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang warns. "A lot of ...

DICKINSON, N.D. -- When people speak of food being deadly, usually the reference revolves around its nutritional makeup, which can lead to long-term health issues. Before ever reaching a table or ...