MANKATO — Michele Gran sat in front of hundreds of farmers and ag students holding up a photo. “This is not a statistic, this is our son. This is our son Landon. He was 18 years old. He would have ...

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 ...

ST PETER, Minn. — Another Minnesota family is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy having lost their loved one in a farming accident. Tuesday night in rural Stearns County, the sheriff says 35-year-old ...

MINOT, N.D. -- A decade ago, Canadian farmer John Gehrer couldn't find a full bin alarm on the market that fit his farm's needs. So he invented one of his own. Today, he and his wife, Angelika, have ...

The company that owns a south Wichita grain elevator where two people died Tuesday has faced 24 cases of safety and health violations by federal regulators over the past seven years, including one ...

The 2025 Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week brings together industry leaders and safety officials to address critical grain handling hazards and promote safe practices. US Department of Labor, industry ...

Michele Gran can clearly remember telling her son not to go to work on Aug. 14 of last year. Landon Gran, 18, suffered a sore back from farm work at a nearby operation two miles south of the Grans’ ...

The agricultural sector is gearing up for the annual Stand Up 4 Grain Safety Week, a collaborative effort aimed at mitigating hazards associated with grain storage and handling. Running from March 25 ...

CALMAR, Iowa — "I’m a farm accident survivor," Calmar farmer Joe Bullerman told young people at the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College. He taught a session on grain ...

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Michele Gran can clearly remember telling her son not to go to work on Aug. 14 of last year. Landon Gran, 18, suffered a sore back from farm work at a nearby operation two miles ...