The Art of Planning Commercial Grain Facilities
Location, equipment selection and supplier contracts all play critical roles
Reasons for Ventilating Elevator Buckets
Punching ventilation holes in the bottom of elevator buckets makes the filling and discharge of materials more efficient
Keeping Your Bagging Scale Operating at Peak Performance
Your bagging scale is your company’s profit center -- keep it running smoothly to increase your bottom line
Tech Tools Help Connect You to Customers
Two new products work to bring grain operations and growers together digitally
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The Latest Updates on Agriculture Transportation
Synopsis of USDA's ag session from the 2020 Transportation Research Forum
Photo: CN, Manchac, Louisiana
Dairy Farm Consults with Feed Co-op on Expansion
When looking to expand, Van Der Geest Dairy used United Cooperative's knowledge to select a builder
Photo: AGRA Industries
How to Store Grain with Low VOCs
Fumigant monitoring with multipoint thermal mass flow meters provides document adherence to environmental regulations
Protect Workers from Wet Grain Engulfment Hazards
Moisture content causes grain to bridge or clump together
Spreader Helps Commercial Operations Protect Grain Quality
Following a late, wet 2019 harvest, many commercial operations are experiencing grain storage issues
Difficult Harvest Creates Grain Storage Hazards
High-moisture grain storage leads to bin unloading problems
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NDSU Extension Explains Natural-Air Drying Concepts, Busts Myths
NDSU Extension’s grain drying expert offers advice on drying crops
3D Level Sensors Can Address Grain Storage Challenges
3D scanners keep pushing the boundaries -- here are some of the latest innovations
How to Choose the Right Equipment to Prevent Entrapments & Explosions
The right vibratory and dust collection units will reduce risk
Save Money with Proactive Preventive Maintenance Programs
Unplanned downtime costs time and money – here’s how to alleviate that problem
High Speed Train Loadout Possible with Automation
Automation system delivers efficiency for rail terminal in Kansas’ biggest wheat producing county
Creative Approach Keeps Commerce Flowing
Operational changes keep Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam open for 17 days longer than typical during high water events
How to Install a Bucket
Properly installed buckets will save you time and money
The Benefits of Fluidized Bed Mixing
Process reduces product degradation, particularly with fragile materials
How to Improve Bagging Automation Throughput
Water content in the compressed air supply can negatively impact the function of your bagging equipment, machine rate, repetition, and accuracy
Enhancing Soybean Storage Starts With Harvest Moisture
Moisture content of about 13% at harvest is optimal for mitigating mechanical damage
Simplify Moisture Measurement
Instantaneous handheld analyzers that can be operated by virtually anyone deliver lab-quality moisture readings
Cold Weather Safety Tips
NGFA offers some advice for keeping your workers safe as the cold weather moves in
Consider Pros, Cons of Alternative Grain Storage Methods
Storage options must keep grain dry and provide adequate aeration to control temperature
Agricultural Bioengineering: The Shifting Landscape
Advances in gene editing are quickly transforming agribusiness. What are these advances? How are they regulated? And what’s on the horizon?
Pelleting from an OEM Viewpoint
What manufacturers say about yielding the highest performance from your equipment
Weekly Outlook: A Review of USDA Crop Yield Forecasting Methodology
Even though a description of the NASS crop production forecast methodology is widely available, there always seems to be some misconceptions about how NASS makes corn and soybean yield forecasts. A brief overview of that methodology is repeated here. While this summary does not do full justice to the very comprehensive forecasting methodology, it is presented to assist in placing the upcoming yield forecasts in the proper perspective.
Turnkey plants for ear corn drying and processing
Handling, drying and processing of ear corn requires in-depth knowledge to avoid damage of the seeds and to preserve the germination ability.
USGC Corn Harvest Quality Report Highlights High-Quality, Record Crop
Most samples would grade No. 1 based on the four grading factors
End of Shuttle Loading Boom in Sight?
Shuttle loader capacity nears saturation in the West, while China’s growth plays a role in future demand.
Beyond OSHA Combustible Dust Compliance
Feed mill employs portable combustible dust central vacuum to remove fugitive grain dust and eliminates the need to enter confined spaces for cleaning.
Star Milling uses a VAC-U-MAX breakaway central vacuum system, that meets OSHA's requirements for a combustible dust vacuum, to keep its facility clean and compliant. Photo by Air Cleaning Technology
Recently Added to Buyer's Guide
Bovizyme™ GA Enzyme
- Enzyme solution that improves starch digestion efficiency for non-steam flaker feed yards
- Improved feed efficiency through increased bodyweight gain and lower feed intake
VersaMix Triple Shaft Mixers
- For mixing applications requiring efficient powder dispersion and critical homogenization of medium to high viscosity slurries, pastes, gels, creams and suspensions
- High-shear mixer with solids/liquid injection manifold (SLIM) technology rotor/stator
GUC-F Controller
- Multichannel feeding and dosing controller
- Control solution for feeding and weighing applications in powder handling applications
- Flexible and modular design with analog and digital load cells
ProFlo
- Offers accurate and reliable continuous mass flow measurement of bulk solids with an accuracy of +/- 0.5% full scale
- Measures mass of flowable solids with densities of 10 to 100 pounds/cubic foot and flow rates from 700 to 7,000 cubic feet/hour
Sanderson Farms Feed Mill Expansion - Kinston, NC
- Construction of a whole grain silo expansion (76’ diameter x 145’ tall) to hold 500,000 bushels
- Expansion also includes a 12’x17’x22’ deep boot pit extension at the end of the existing receiving tunnel
Marketwatch: Jan, 21
US Corn Price Idx: ZCPAUS.CM
open: 5.9607
high: 6.0092
low: 5.9282
close: 5.9756
US Soybean Price Idx: ZSPAUS.CM
open: 13.5213
high: 13.861
low: 13.4988
close: 13.8203
US Hard Red Winter Wheat Price Idx: KEPAUS.CM
open: 7.7694
high: 7.8347
low: 7.6744
close: 7.7644
US Soft Red Winter Wheat Price Idx: ZWPAUS.CM
open: 7.5197
high: 7.5858
low: 7.4322
close: 7.4955
