Grain Handling

Keep your stored grain in good condition with this grain storage management advice. In this section, you’ll also find information on grain bins, dryers, dryer control systems, and temporary storage solutions.

What You Need to Know About Grain Storage and Grain Drying

On this page, you’ll find the latest technology efforts in storing quality grain, proper drying and air flow techniques, used grain bin storage options, and overall safety tips.

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13 Checkpoints to See Whether On-Farm Storage Is Safe After Flooding

After floodwaters recede, a careful check of on-farm grain storage is necessary. Wet grain can cause damage to the structures.

Flooded grain bins along the Missouri River.

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13 Grain Bin Checkup Tips

Make sure your bins are in ideal condition to store grain with these maintenance tips.

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Agronomy Insider

Brewing Sake

By Agronomy Insider

There’s an emerging craft brew that’s opening a new market for farmers who can grow rice. The sake business is heating up.

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Q&A: Catherine Feuillet, Geneticist and Molecular Biologist

By Women in Agriculture

Catherine Feuillet’s passion for pushing new frontiers, challenging herself, and building something that could benefit others has always propelled her forward.

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All Around the Farm

Storage for a Backhoe

By All Around the Farm

Hooking up the three-point backhoe is probably my least-favorite job on the farm. To make it easier, I welded trailer jacks on both sides of the backhoe and fabricated a saddle to use with a third trailer jack for the boom to rest on. Now, I can h

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Guard Your Grain by Investing in Grain Bin Technology

Iowa farmers protect their assets in the bin by investing in technology.

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Proper Grain Condition is First Step to Accident Prevention

While large feed and grain companies are participating in organized events around the country, Stand-Up for Engulfment Prevention Week serves as an important reminder for private operators as well.

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Time to Freeze Bugs to Death

Your strongest defense against bugs infesting grain in long-term storage is to aerate bins below freezing now.

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Double Screen Dryer Control and Smartphone Remote Access

The need to multitask dryer monitoring, controlling, and troubleshooting inspired the addition of a second touch screen to its Pinnacle 20|20 Control System by Mathews Company.