Walter Grotte started moving Harvestore silos, the big, blue silos that still dot the landscape in farm country, in the 1980s, when many farmers were hit with hard times and could no longer afford ...

Walter Grotte and sons from rural Finley, North Dakota, built it to handle large Harvestore silos during the 1980s farm credit crisis. Photo taken Aug. 2, 2021, Petersburg, North Dakota.

7 while repairing the roof of an 80-foot Harvestore silo that was nearly full. The Brookings County sheriff and local emergency services responded to the scene at 11:25 a.m. Upon arrival ...

One danger with silage is gas. According to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office, the two people who died were working in a Harvestore silo. A Harvestore is a brand of silo that would be ...

Various materials were used, including wood, clay blocks, concrete blocks, cast concrete and, finally, in the case of the iconic blue Harvestore silos you see dotting Scott County, steel panels.

MILLERVILLE, Minn. — It was a heartbreaking farm accident one year ago in west central Minnesota. Three family members, including 11-year-old Alex Boesl, his dad and uncle, died after they were ...

Atkinson, Wis.-based J-Star Industries to capitalize on the design flaws of the Harvestore silo. Mahler and Bird represented several farmers in their claims against Harvestore, the now-defunct ...

Most dairies today are ensiling forage in bags or bunkers, which are more economical and practical than oxygen limiting upright silos ... So if you own a Harvestore, but you’re filling your ...

The release said the family was inspired to name the property Plainview Farms by the lettering on the 1950s Harvestore silo and the surrounding landscape. For the past 17 years, Evelyn Evers has ...

OSAKIS, Minn. — James Maus painted a picture of what his farm looked like three years ago: A Harvestore and silo stored haylage and silage while his herd was milked in the adjacent 80-cow tie ...