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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

WHAT DID THE CHIEF TELL YOU THIS EVENING? MCKENNA. FIRE CHIEF LARRY MILLER FROM THE UPPER LAKE. LAYCOCK FIRE DEPARTMENT TELLS ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...