Recently we were driving behind a tractor pulling a chopper wagon full of silage. The wind was blowing loose silage through the air, leaving a trail of it on our windshield and the road. The sweet ...

With all the recent rains, frowns are appearing on the faces of many farmers. Harvest time is just around the corner. More specifically, it is time to fill silos. Many have finished, others wait ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Silos, a necessity on many farms, can be dangerous, especially days after filling when deadly gasses are building up inside, said Gail Deboy, a Purdue University Cooperative ...

A 22-year-old man was injured Monday afternoon in Lehigh Township when he was trapped in a piece of farm equipment as he helped to load a silo, emergency officials said. “It appears they were filling ...

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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 ...