PLATTEVILLE – A half-covered silage pile sat quietly at the edge of Twin View Farm on Friday where a mountainous pile of the fermenting feed collapsed and trapped a man who later died. On Friday ...

Discussions of safety around bunker silos and silage piles have typically included warnings about overturning tractors, running over bystanders, getting crushed by a loader bucket and other hazards.

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 ...

After the face of the silage pile collapsed, only the heel of his boot was exposed. Luckily he was pulled out and regained consciousness in the ambulance on the way to hospital. Bolsen—known as the ...

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 ...

Dairy producers have been putting haylage into bunkers, bags and piles for nearly two months, and ensiling corn is but a couple of months away. This is a reminder that despite the work, covering ...

The 30-year-old man trapped by a collapsed silage pile south of Johnstown died after he was taken to the hospital. Weld County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpl. Matt Turner said the man’s name could not ...