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West central IL | It's time for my farm to expand our own storage. How do you size your bins with fields distances apart so that logistics don't make a central location possible?
In other words for ease of discussion, say you've got 2 80's that produce 200 bu corn and they rotate. For the corn, would you build a 16,000 bu bin so you hold an average crop? A 14,000 bu bin so you almost always completely fill it thus getting best return on your money? Or do you build a 20,000 bu bin because it seems like 250 is the "old 200" and you expect yields to only increase, therefore kinda planning for the future but risking the bin only being 2/3 full in an off year.
Remainder of corn will go to commercial storage/fill contracts if that matters.
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Building bins- sized by APH? Trend yields?
