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 ...

Farmers who want to avoid the dangers of stepping in a grain bin can now pre-order the device built to do the work of leveling and breaking up crusts for them. La Vista-based agtech startup Grain ...

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified the grain handling industry as extremely hazardous. Being trapped in grain is the most common type of accident that occurs.

SALEM, S.D. (KELO) — It only takes four seconds for an adult to sink knee-deep into flowing grain, and in 2022 there were 15 fatalities from grain entrapments in the nation. Because of this, a Salem ...

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 ...

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 ...

Startling Facts: Injuries & Fatalities from grain bins* In 2022, at least 42 grain entrapments were reported, the highest number of entrapments in a decade (a 44.8% increase from 2021). There were 15 ...

Emergency crews responded to a grain bin rescue Monday afternoon just south of Granville.