3 PELIGROS
Este artículo fue publicado originalmente en la edición de mayo de 2012 de El Lechero. Sea consciente de estos tres peligros de seguridad referidos a ensilaje y bunkers Pocas operaciones ganaderas se prestan a tantas posibilidades distintas de lesión o muerte como un programa de ensilaje. La protección de los empleados, el equipo y la propiedad durante la cosecha, el …
NEW KEITH BOLSEN SILAGE SAFETY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED AT WORLD DAIRY EXPO
Send Everyone Home SAFE!
Dr. Keith and Ruthie Bolsen announce the new Keith Bolsen Silage Safety Foundation. The non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting safe bunker silo and silage pile management, and providing safety educational resources and materials for the global silage industry. Send everyone home safe! …
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SURVIVING A SILAGE AVALANCHE
*This article first appeared in the February 2010 issue of Hay and Forage Grower
It started out as a typical day for dairy nutritionist Doug DeGroff. He’d pulled up to a client’s corn silage pile for a forage sample, bucket and pitchfork in hand. After filling the bucket, he turned to walk back to his pickup to mix and core a sample. …
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HANDLE SILAGE SAFELY
*This article first appeared in the February 2010 issue of Hay and Forage Grower
In his travels across the U.S., Keith Bolsen has seen a lot of silage.
This consultant and retired Kansas State University forage management specialist helps dairymen make the most of their fermented feed, offering management and production advise. But he’s also seen too many accidents waiting to happen, so speaking out against the too-frequent practice of building silage piles and filling bunkers too high to be safe. …
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SILAGE SAFETY: ONE MAN’S TALE OF SURVIVAL IN A SILAGE PILE COLLAPSE
*This article first appeared in the August 2011 issue of Western Dairy Business
This month looms large in nutritionist Doug DeGroff’ s calendar of memories. Two years ago, DeGroff was pulled from beneath a 20-ton pile of silage, seriously injured, but blessed to be alive!
Like most nutritionists, DeGroff had sampled thousands of silage piles in the course of his daily routine. This one looked harmless. Face, shaved to near perfection. …
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HAY & FORAGE GROWER ARTICLE
“Keith and his wife have become the nation’s First Couple of silage safety.”
Read the entire article on the Hay & Forage Grower site.
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MAKE SILAGE SAFETY PRIORITY #1
*This article first appeared in the March 2019 issue of Forage Focus published by the Midwest Forage Association | by Matt Akins, University of Wisconsin; Keith Bolsen, Kansas State University An excellent silage management program is vital for dairy and beef operations to be productive and profitable. This includes managing for high-quality silage such as harvesting at proper moisture and …
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SILAGE BUNKERS AND PILES: A LIFE AND DEATH MATTER
*Originally printed in FORAGE magazine, July 1, 2013
Few farming operations invite as many different opportunities for injury or fatality as a silage program. Silage-related tragedies know no age boundary, as workers and bystanders of all ages have been injured or killed during silage harvest and feedout.
Although silage injury statistics are not easily tabulated, increasingly stories involve bunker silos and drive-over piles.
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SILAGE BUNKERS AND PILES CAN KILL
*This article first appeared in the May 2011 edition of Hoard’s West
Face break-offs pose a constant and very real threat of injury or death.
by Hoard’s Dairyman staff Go ahead and smirk at how animated Keith Bolsen is during his presentation, but don’t think for an instant that his passion for silage pile safety isn’t deadly serious.
Instant and deadly .....
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