In the early morning hours of Sept. 30, a farm owner noticed the smell of smoke coming from a 70-foot stave silo in the town ...

Cement stave silos have towered over the Minnesota landscape since 1905, and at one point were the most commonly-built silo type in the state. Recent trends toward bunker or flat-style storage has ...

By the early 1900s, silos were constructed of reinforced concrete, structural clay tile, cement staves, and galvanized metal. The cement stave silo was introduced to the state in 1905 and was the most ...

30 in the town of Byron, in rural Fond du Lac County, after the farm owner noticed the smell of smoke emanating from a 70-foot stave silo in the early morning hours. Often, the first sign of a fire is ...