Farmer Dies in Loading Elevator A 45-year-old farmer was working with two neighbors who had come to help him load corn into a wagon to feed cattle. They were using a horizontal bottom conveyor to move corn out of the corn crib. Then they used a flight elevator to load it into the wagon. The elevator was powered by a power take-off shaft from the tractor. The equipment was old but functional. After finishing the job on one end of the corn crib, the two companions began cleaning out the tunnel, while the farmer took the machinery and started unloading corn […]