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NW Iowa | Sorry for the confusing part. I will update the OP with some of the ac/bu info.
~7k ac total operation (been about 50-50 corn/beans last few yrs), but have on-farm storage and piling for cattle feed, plus all those small bins at two remote sites that total roughly 300k bu storage (which most years we just stick mostly dry corn in, with outdated fans). Everything else goes to the elevator currently.
Our bean overall avg was 67 and corn 240 this year. Trend has been going up. We have two combines during harvest but admittedly with our hog/cattle chores and other management, we don't get as long of days in as we'd like. We probably get about 200 ac/day harvested on beans, with the max has been 300 ac. Corn, 160 ac on a good day, with avg being less, 120-140 ac.
To be honest, I didn't have a set budget made yet because I'm still in the research and getting information stage. I've been clueless enough that I didn't know how much it'd cost and anyone I asked locally told me (outdated) $ #s much lower than what you all are hinting at a minimum (which isn't surprising).
I do appreciate the insight, because I haven't really gotten a good answer on things like I said and the local sales guy that multiple ppl have used and say they like has NOT been that informative or helpful.
My sort of lean going into writing the OP was invest in the site location, put up one or two bins and a good auger, and I can always expand/build from there, w/o necessitating a fancy huge setup from the start? If I didn't clarify in the OP, a lot of my questioning stems from my ignorance of how important and necessary is certain aspects of a notable grain bin site, i.e. dryers, legs, holding bins, dumps, etc. vs. just a good old bin (bigger than we have now though) and a good auger. I at least already know how to run those and the modern bin would have much better fans plus sensors/tech that allow for MUCH better management than our current setups that has caused my dad (out of not knowing about modern bins/tech) to hate bins so much and "everyone deals with spoiled grain...all bins are bad".
Edited by farmerisland 2/16/2024 19:29
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Starting a grain bin setup from scratch...please advise
