Grain Weevil soon to ‘keep boots out of bins’

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Aurora inventors ready for regional rollout of robotic grain handler 

  • Invented in Aurora, the Grain Weevil is about to make its Midwest debut through a system of 10 independent partner contractors who will provide the robot’s services on the farm and then sell the first consumer units to farmers when they hit the market next May.
    Invented in Aurora, the Grain Weevil is about to make its Midwest debut through a system of 10 independent partner contractors who will provide the robot’s services on the farm and then sell the first consumer units to farmers when they hit the market next May.

    During this National Farm Safety and Health Week the emphasis is on the prevention of injury and fatal accidents that are so common to working in agriculture. And this year’s observance is coincidentally timed with the imminent roll out of a machine invented right here in Hamilton County that will greatly reduce the possibility of injury or death from grain bin entrapment and engulfment. The Grain…