SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Grain bins, silos and silage piles can be potentially dangerous areas to work on farms. Farmers can reduce the potential danger by wearing a safety harness and using a ...

Investigators believe a cutting torch ignited dried silage, causing a fire in a silo last week. A Sawyer County Sheriff's Office news release dated Oct. 31 on the fire was issued Wednesday morning. It ...

Kansasville Fire & Rescue Department said crews were called at around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday about an elderly man stuck in a silo in the 1500 block of 240th Avenue in Brighton. Additional unites were ...

Forage to be stored in horizontal silos should be near 70% moisture in order to facilitate tight packing and air exclusion. Most upright silos should be filled with 60 to 66% moisture forage to avoid ...

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 ...

With the limited hay crops in some areas this summer, beef producers may want to consider harvesting corn silage to supplement the cow herd this winter. Corn silage can be a very cost effective ...

I don’t remember the first time I heard the word "silos’" used to describe groups operating in isolation from each other rather than farm buildings, but the use is increasing. In a recent news story ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Two people have died. SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO)– Two people have died after falling into a silage silo Saturday morning near Volga. 30 ...

Dear Readers: Here’s a Johnnie that was published originally in September 2014. I hope to have answers to newer questions starting again next week. Good morning, Johnnie: Why have all the silos in the ...