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Tennessee: Grain Bin Safety Awareness/Rescue Training, Dyersburg, Aug. 20 Aug 9, 2022
More and more farmers are looking to use on-farm grain storage to have the ability to produce more corn and take advantage of grain market price variations. While on-farm storage […]
Grain Bin Safety Tips – Don’t Become a Statistic Mar 4, 2022
Many of the ways to increase safety when working and living around grain storage involve basic safety practices, but more education and enforcement is needed on the farm. Over two-thirds […]
Grain Bin Safety: Best Practices, Products to Reduce Injury Dec 16, 2021
Grain bins can range in size depending on the facility’s needs and are used to store commodities or other products for later use. Products that you might find in a […]
Pay Attention to Grain Bin Safety – DTN Sep 21, 2021
With harvest underway in some areas of the Corn Belt and beginning soon in others, farmers will be busy collecting and storing millions of bushels of grain. While agriculture is […]
Arkansas: Grain Bin Safety, Rescue Training, McGehee, July 19 Jul 16, 2021
Firefighters, grain bin operators and farm workers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi are invited to attend an upcoming grain bin safety course on Monday, July 19 at the McGehee Men’s […]
Oklahoma Wheat: Prepare Storage Facilities Prior to Harvest May 17, 2021
Preparing grain bins and storage facilities prior to wheat harvest is one of several critical steps to help ensure that grain quality is maintained throughout the storage period. If preparation […]
Grain Bin Safety: ‘SILO’ Highlights the Horror of Entrapment – DTN May 3, 2021
Death from grain entrapment is a tragedy by horrific suffocation. Tragically, entrapments are preventable — fewer are accidents, more are the result of an intentional decision to enter grain bins […]
Minnesota Webinar: Stored Grain Handling, Management – April 22 Apr 16, 2020
For many farmers across Minnesota, 2019 ended with a late harvest and grain going into storage that was wetter than normal. Grain that has been stored wet can lead to […]
Webinar: On-Farm Storage – Maximize Grain Quality, Reduce Safety Hazards – March 31 Mar 12, 2020
One of the residual effects of the 2019 growing season is that we have some wetter than normal grain in on-farm storage. This situation poses two threats to producers. The […]
Emptying Grain Bins – Make Safety Your 1st Priority When Feb 21, 2020
Following the wet and late harvest of 2019, several Midwest states are on the edge of a dangerous cliff when it comes to emptying their grain bins. Conditions are aligning […]
