Reuse Those Old Cases

If you have empty CD cases lying around, put them to use. Five of them can be used to make an attractive and useful box, and the pictures you use to decorate them can be a hint as to what they hold. The one in the photo will be used to store seed packages, so

Do Not Enter

TECHNICAL ADVICE FOR SAFE WORK AROUND GRAIN BINS Do not enter the bin from the top or attempt to walk onto the grain. Use a long pole or other tool to attempt to poke at the surface to break through the crust from outside the bin. If you cannot break through the crust and must


Don’t get caught in grain

If you are working with grain, you need to know how to keep from getting trapped in it. A lot of wetter-than-normal corn went into storage this year, and wet corn is more prone to crusting or creating a wall of grain near the grain bin wall, warns Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension

Bigger bins at Killarney’s Paterson Grain

While the rest of the country roils in recession, a Killarney elevator is set to triple its grain-handling capacity. Construction will be completed soon on a series of four new steel bins adjoining the existing large four-section white silo at Paterson Grain. “We had more producers than we could handle,” said Larry Shackel, general manager


Reduce, reuse and recycle

Let’s face it, we all produce garbage, and we are all part of the problem. The good news is that we can also be part of the solution. Studies show that 65 per cent of “garbage” can be recycled or composted instead of tossed. Instead of throwing away items we no longer need, why not