Grain bin entrapments are so common that some rural fire departments have specially trained teams and customized equipment to rescue victims. When corn or grain trap workers, it is difficult to ...

Shandong province has delivered 988,000 containers to help farmers store grain, such as corn and wheat, for extended periods, the Shandong Food and Strategic Reserves Administration said. Each ...

A variable year means the managing the grain in your bin could be equally challenging. The longer grain is in storage, the more important it is to look for problems. Here are 13 potential issues, ...

A steel grain silo is built to keep grain dry, cool, and stable from harvest to sale or feed-out. When the storage environment drifts, grain quality can drop fast. The same pattern shows up again and ...

You’re familiar with routine maintenance on grain bins—activities that take about a half an hour—but are you aware of other major problems to watch? While checking for these problems, and subsequently ...

To reduce losses, the SAG launched a program in 2007 to promote scientific grain storage containers, which are specially designed to prevent the intrusion of moisture, insects and rats. Under the ...

Airflow dynamics in grain storage systems are critical to ensuring the quality, safety and longevity of stored produce. The movement of air through grain bulks is determined by the interplay of ...