ALBANY, Mo. — It can take only a few seconds for a seemingly tranquil mound of grain stored in a large metal building to engulf and quickly imperil someone near death. Nearly 300 Future Farmers of ...

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 ...

The checkoff boards for Nebraska’s No. 1 and No. 2 commodities will work together again this year to promote grain bin safety ...

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 ...

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.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — First responders say the U.S. sees 25-30 grain bin deaths every year — and that number is only rising. And here in Illinois, there have been two incidents in the last month.

Harvest season is still a few months away, but the Henry County Farm Bureau is getting a jump on promoting grain bin safety. From 2014 to 2023, 315 people fell into grain bins and couldn't get out.

Firefighters from the Kent Fire Department in Jefferson County, Ind., practice a grain bin rescue in a simulator during training provided by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, the state’s corn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Howard Volunteer Fire Department was recently named the winner of the Nationwide grain bin rescue tube contest, boosting ...

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 ...