Re-opening of Kit Carson Correctional Facility could be huge for Burlington
The effort by the state of Idaho to move up to 1,200 inmates to the Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington got new life on Feb.
Ag & Business
1 grain, 5 unique grain bowl dinners
Healthy, reheatable, simple, fast and fully customizable. Grain bowls are a great meal for busy people.
Large grain storage facilities usually have towering concrete elevators that can pose a danger if federal regulations are not adhered to. — Johnson Publications photo
Grain Bin Safety Week: Saving lives through awareness, safe practices
According to researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, more than 900 cases of grain engulfments have been reported with a fatality rate of 62% in the past 50 years.
Texas A & M scientist Dmitry Kurouski (left) and his research assistant, Lee Sanchez, test out a Raman spectroscope.
Use of handheld Raman spectroscopes on the horizon
In the not-too-distant future, a corn producer will be able to walk into the field and check the crop for nutrient value, disease and other factors using a device the size of a cellphone.
The last piece of pipe is hung on the grain handling system of the grain bin.
How do those bins get there?
Driving across the midwestern landscape, it’s almost impossible to miss the myriad of large grain bins shining in the sun.
How did all of these vast structures come to be, though?