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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When accessing silos, be aware of toxic gases that are produced during the fermentation process. These gases include nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrogen tetroxide (N2O4). These ...

A 23-year-old man died Thursday afternoon following a farming accident in Centre County, according to the Centre County ...

The tragic deaths of a Wisconsin dairy farmer and his 14-year-old son last week in grain silo avalanche sent a familiar chill through America's agriculture community, whose members know too well the ...

Good morning, Johnnie: Why have all the silos in area had their roofs removed? Removing a silo roof is not an easy thing to do and there are no signs of any old roofs, so there had to be a reason or a ...

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 ...

A man in Centre County, Pennsylvania, died after being entangled in a silage chopper, authorities said.

September was always one of my favorite times as a kid. It was exciting because I loved helping make silage. The hustle and bustle of the tractors and wagons and chopper, the smell of fresh chopped ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...