Grain bin monitoring technology adoption is driven primarily by profitability, grain quality, and farmer safety. “Farmers have monitored their grain bins for many years – they would open the bin, ...

Millions of dollars have been spent on grain entrapment safety,” Field says. “But the average number of incidents remains the same, about 30 per year. Indiana and Iowa are ...

Enchanted beans are no longer a fairy tale proposition for agriculture. Thumb-sized plastic beans, packed with a world of sensor circuitry, might soon be ready for grain bins and storage facilities.