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Lean on layers to lay off drying cost By: Jessie Scott 03/04/2013 @ 2:51pm

The growth in bin size may be to blame for suffocating grain. Take the 48-foot-diameter bin, for example. This common-size bin is nearly double the diameter of average ...

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An audit you'll like By: Jessie Scott 02/04/2013 @ 9:48am

If you've wondered if swapping out that old dryer for a new energy-efficient unit would pay for itself, you can ...

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Larger 1910 Commodity Air Cart now available from John Deere By: John Deere 09/28/2012 @ 4:22pm

OLATHE, Kansas (August 23, 2012) – With increased demand from small grain farmers wanting to plant more acres faster ...

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Extra-cool corn this fall By: Justin Davey 09/24/2012 @ 9:38am

With a lot of corn being harvested and dried this year with high outside temperatures, corn bins are, in turn, at much higher temperatures than normal. And early harvest corn will require at least two ...

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Gear up your grain storage By: Jeff Caldwell 08/28/2012 @ 12:56pm

Are your bins ready for this fall's crop? Check out these tips.

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6 tips to get your grain from the field to the bin By: Dave Mowitz 08/01/2012 @ 11:10am

1. Add another semi truckFor sheer take-away speed, nothing beats the volume of semitrailer trucks for getting grain home from the field. Once a novelty on farms, semitrailer trucks have become a mainstay of ...

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Tips to keep your grain bins mold-free By: Jeff Caldwell 04/02/2012 @ 2:29pm

Not planting yet? Then it's a good time to make sure your stored grain isn't developing a mold problem. The warmer-than-normal weather this last winter may have been easy on your back, without as ...

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Trapped By: CHERYL TEVIS 08/30/2011 @ 4:11pm

Bill Fortin says his memory of that day six years ago is “like it happened yesterday.” The Danville, Iowa, farmer lay face down in the gravel outside the hog barn, unable to lift his head.“I was vividly ...

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