February/March 2021
Adapting for the Future
cover photo by Photo Illustration by Steven KilgerIt's Time! Stand Up for Grain Safety Week
Mach 29-April 2 -- Join the effort to raise awareness of grain handling and storage hazards
Photo: NGFA.com
Keep Employees Safe Around Grain Bins
With some planning, training and coordination, inherent risks around and in grain storage equipment can be reduced
The Importance Has Never Been Higher
Every grain handling injury is preventable
Corn Harvest Quality Report
USGC 2020/2021 report shows higher average test weight, lower moisture and damage
Help Wanted?
Digital strategies are necessary to find today’s qualified candidates
The Credit Call
What are the pros and cons of offering your customers credit?
Adapting for the Future
Iowa's Five Star Cooperative merged existing assets with a new feed mill to create a unique solution
Alternative Feed Options for Beef Cattle
A look at five alternative feeds beef producers often use for supplementation
GEAPS Exchange Goes Virtual
Online conference goes live February 23-25 and will feature education, workshop and networking opportunities
Recently Added to Buyer's Guide
HP FiberBoost©
- Contains functional fibers produced specifically for dietetic use in piglets
- Fiber stimulates gut and eases transition at weaning
Huve Check-Feed
- On-site screening test to detect monensin, including Monovet® 90, in feedstuffs
- Produces accurate, reliable results without adding microtracer particles to feed for detection methods
Safety 101
- Designed to keep all safety activity in one place across all locations
- Mobile Inspection App to perform walk-around inspections, toolbox talks, JSAs and more
Centrifugal Sifter
- Can process up to 100,000 kg/hour, removing foreign bodies as small as 0.1 mm
- Can be situated in gravity-fed configuration or within inline processes such as a pneumatic conveying line
Marketwatch: Oct, 26
cmdty National Corn Price Idx: ZCPAUS.CM
open: 5.1614
high: 5.1895
low: 5.139
close: 5.1704
cmdty National Soybean Price Idx: ZSPAUS.CM
open: 11.8617
high: 11.9478
low: 11.8144
close: 11.943
cmdty National Hard Red Winter Wheat Price Idx: KEPAUS.CM
open: 7.5274
high: 7.5849
low: 7.5238
close: 7.5716
cmdty National Soft Red Winter Wheat Price Idx: ZWPAUS.CM
open: 7.0893
high: 7.1297
low: 7.0671
close: 7.1023
