Choosing grain storage solutions requires balancing immediate costs against long-term performance. The cheapest option rarely ...

BERRYTON — Bob Haselwood’s cellphone rings. A truck driver can’t find the 1,850-acre Haselwood Farms at Berryton. Directions are given and shortly a semi-powered grain trailer is positioned on the ...

Four years ago, the crew at Tom Farms could run their combines for only a half day before they’d have to quit to let the 1,200-bu.-per-hour dryer catch up. Now the farm’s 2.25 million bushels of ...

Jose Meza, Iowa district manager for Chief Agri, gives two primary reasons farmers decide to invest in an on-site grain storage facility. “The convenience of having a facility on the land they farm ...

Chief Agri has served the agricultural community since 1961 and produces a full line of storage systems for grain and commodity crops that meet the needs of small farmers and commercial growers alike.

PASCO — The Tri-Cities Grain company at Pasco has a $2.8 million upgrade under way to add a long-term storage bin, silo for drying corn and a station for trucks to unload grain. Manager Damon Filan ...

The cost of grain storage, also known as the cost of carry, has risen significantly due to increased interest rates, high crop prices, and rising labor, insurance, transportation and energy costs.

Ely’s grain elevator in Guide Rock, Nebraska, is shown on Oct. 10, 2025. The elevator has a capacity of over 1 million bushels across 15 bins, two flat storage buildings and a new temporary bunker.

Right `actions' taken as grain first goes into on-farm storage and then throughout the storage period will minimize the chance of problems that necessitate expensive `reactions'. Grain has a limited ...

photo credit: Arkansas Farm Bureau, used with permission. From ocean port congestion and labor strikes to low river levels, railway service shortfalls and a nexus of state and federal freight ...