It looks like a very tall grain silo, but there ... “That was the best location to fill in the dropout areas.” An engineer testified at a zoning hearing that the tower also would improve ...

Coming from Europe, tower silos first caught on in the northeast ... according to the Iowa Inventors Database.) To fill a silo, a farmer would use “a big blower with a hopper on the side, ...

It’s hard to imagine the prairie farmscape without a farmyard, a red barn — and a tower silo. But until 1873 ... made it faster to fill, pack and empty, and set the stage for another ...

With some fine weather and good-quality silage, we can fill the tower in five days. Once the silo is full the loading bed and fan are removed, and the circular feeding table – which sits on ...

MANHEIM – Part thrill ride and part educational tool, Kreider Farms Silo Observation Tower has been a hit since it opened on May 2. The tower, a converted silo, has become a focal point of the ...