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 ...

The 2025 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week brings together industry leaders and safety officials to address critical grain handling hazards and promote safe practices. US Department of Labor, industry ...

Four years ago, the crew at Tom Farms could run their combines for only a half day before they’d have to quit to let the 1,200-bu.-per-hour dryer catch up. Now the farm’s 2.25 million bushels of ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) -- It's National Grain Bin Safety week, and with last week's Linn County accident; the Waterloo Fire Department is reminding people to stay cautious. Waterloo Fire has multiple ...

HAYFIELD, Minn. — Mark Peterson stepped into the box filled with recycled plastic bottle particles in the safety training trailer. Jack Volz began to auger particles out and Peterson sunk waist deep, ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) and the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) encourage Illinois farmers to review safety practices while working in and around grain bins during Grain Bin ...