Storage
Prioritizing projects with a clear path to fast returns and lower costs can help you weather current economic challenges, say ag industry experts.
As crops go into bins, growers will be looking to maintain quality until their marketing opportunities improve. Some ongoing management practices are vital to the process.
The impact of disease and dry conditions are becoming increasingly evident as combines roll. More than 70% of farmers report steady or lower yields in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
The challenge of harvesting high moisture and high disease pressure corn is not one that all farmers have faced in their lifetimes. Here’s some quick pointers to keep in mind as you tackle a tough crop to harvest and store.
With $8 cash soybean bids in the Dakotas and Minnesota, and no bids for fall in a few markets, farmers might need to break the norm and store soybeans.
Cost of production is weighing heavy on farmers’ minds, and Shay Foulk shares steps to put things into perspective for marketing opportunities.
Scott Beck says the family-owned business markets seed corn in 23 states now, with Nebraska ranking fifth in the total volume of seed units sold. Once finalized, this latest acquisition will be the company’s furthest west production facility.
Go over these helpful pointers if you’re planning to build new grain bins or expand your current storage setup in 2025.
The $700 million deal frees AGCO up to focus on its machinery and precision ag technology products.
Digital Grain Elevator’s FOB Ag Logistics Platform is a mobile tool that works to both simplify and streamline the grain transportation and delivery process.
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found ADM failed to inspect or test critical safety systems in the explosion that injured three workers.
Whether you’re building or remodeling a farm shop, here’s what you need to know about fiberglass, open-cell spray foam, closed-cell spray foam and hybrid insulation options.
The number of total cases this year is also less than the 5- and 10-year averages.
What’s the first thing a person does when they walk into a farm shop? Turn on the lights. Here are considerations when designing and selecting lighting systems to ensure the brightest, most economical results.
A quick overview of what you should be doing this spring to ensure your stored grain maintains its quality and fetches top dollar down at the elevator.
Grain bins are some of the most valuable tools on the farm. While the traditional design hasn’t changed that much, the technology in and around the bin continues to evolve.
If a bin of unpriced corn is your biggest mistake, know you aren’t the first and won’t be the last farmer who missed a pricing opportunity. Embrace the outcome and set your sights on making 2024 your best year yet.
Researchers found a significant relationship between capital costs and farmer-held inventory.
After Kevin Whitney’s iPhone fell into 220,000 bushels of grain, the device made a 20,000-mile roundtrip across the globe before returning to its stunned owner.
To avoid a major technology setback in the spring, Joshua Elhers, precision products coordinator at Heartland Ag Solutions, shares two precautions the ag industry can take now.
According to a recent report from CoBank, an abundance of corn and soybeans has resulted in cheaper basis and bigger carries in futures markets.
Regardless of preferences or past assumptions on storage, Shay Foulk encourages growers to run the numbers to see if new or more storage makes sense in their operations.
Purdue reports a 40.7% increase in U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-Related Injuries and Fatalities from 2021 to 2022.
John Deere and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have joined forces to support the new documentary film “Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat.”
In 2014, Nationwide launched Grain Bin Safety Week to not only get the essential rescue tools in the hands of first responders, but also the essential training. Nominations are now open for local departments.
You’re familiar with routine maintenance on grain bins—activities that take about a half an hour—but are you aware of other major problems to watch?
How you employ machinery and technology are keys in the Systems Approach.