Many growers will be hauling grain to local terminals over the winter, which means they’ll be in and out of the bin yard many ...

On Oct. 8, 2019, local farmer Jerry Schwarzrock was entrapped in his grain bin. His sons were the ones who found him. “We’ve always helped my dad farm. On that day, the augers were running at ...

Ag News Wire By Jerrold Tesmer, educator in agricultural production systems, University of Minnesota Extension Wet soil conditions in certain areas of Minnesota may create a harvest rush, which ...

“The thought that kept haunting me was that the second that first semi-truck driver gets back, he’s going to start that auger for the grain bin. I knew that would be game over for me,” Arick ...

He said there are over 1,000 grain bins in Jackson County alone ... Callahan said the department for ropes and tubes as well as a rescue auger. He said the ropes would also help with other ...

“If you get into grain bins, when a person gets into that ... once we have that in place, then we have an auger that we put down with a cordless rail, it augers all the corn or beans whatever ...

Depending on size, a grain bin can hold tens of thousands of bushels ... “Make sure you have somebody with you. Make sure the auger is not on. Make sure it's locked out, tagged out.