Grain Weevil robot takes grain bin safety to new heights The American Farm Bureau Federation has recognized Chad and Ben Johnson of Nebraska for designing a robot called "Grain Weevil" to lower ...

Weevils are grain devouring pests farmers don't want to see in their storage bins.But they may actually welcome a robotic one. "We call this the Grain Weevil because it scurries across the top of the ...

One Saturday morning, years ago, we awoke to a rather horrifying sight: hundreds of little brown bugs pouring out of the pantry cupboard and across the kitchen floor. We’ve encountered ants, pantry ...

Each year, dozens of American farmers are injured or killed after they climb into a grain bin. A father-son duo from Aurora founded their company, Grain Weevil, with one mission: No boots in the grain ...

This week on AgweekTV, cattle producers fight to stay in business while asking Congress to help fix the market. Two Nebraska men are inventing a robot designed to make grain bins safer and more ...

TO AGRICULTURE. NOW, A LOCAL INVENTION IS TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF FARMERS BY DOING THE DIRTY WORK. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI SHOWS US HOW. FARM LIFE HOLDS A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES AND ...

Chad Johnson (left) laughs while chatting with mechanical engineer Cole Oswald adding parts to a robot. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie News In the late 2010s, observers of Nebraska’s startup ...

This segment features Chad Johnson, Ben Johnson and Zane Zents, founders of Grain Weevil. This segment features Chad Johnson, Ben Johnson and Zane Zents, founders of Grain Weevil in Aurora, NE.

There’s plenty of kit – from insect traps to fumigators – that help in the effective management of grain store pests. We’ve picked out a few essentials. These reusable Pitfall Cone (above) and PC ...