Silo Collapse at Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Shows Importance of Inspections | Farming and Agricultural News

When Frank Messersmith climbed down from his silo filled with corn silage, he had no idea disaster was about to strike.

Messersmith, who has a dairy farm in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, finished filling the 18-by-65-foot concrete stave silo with corn silage on Oct. 11.

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