Protect Your Valuable Crop

This year's wet spring could pose safety hazards for area farmers and ranchers. Moreau-Grand Electric Cooperative is encouraging area producers to stack hay bales away from power lines.
Our electric co-op is concerned that some members may be tempted to stack their bales below power lines. That’s a bad idea.
Stacking bales beneath power lines also could pose hazards next winter, when ice storms may cause the lines to build up with ice, possibly causing them to arc and emit sparks, potentially igniting hay under the power lines. Overall, this is a safety issue and we want our cooperative members to be aware of it.