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Ohio | I’m trying to come up with a priorities list on what to do for my farm. What gives the biggest return versus what would be nice but isn’t a need. I farm in northern Ohio. Elevators are everywhere around here. I can deliver to a local ethanol plant 5 miles away. Coops are 5-15 miles away and then other private elevators 10-15 miles away. Wondering how high to put grain storage/drying on the list. I’ve been around grain bins at a previous farm I worked at. I could take advantage of some FSA money possibly. I’m young. 32. Family and I own 600 acres that I will get to farm for the next 30 years. All cash rent. Custom/share crop another 150 that may move to cash rent at a certain point. Hopefully room to expand at some point. I’d like to do a nitrogen storage to. I can put a pencil on that pretty easy and figure out the dollars saved. Also could throw some tanks up fairly cheap for now to be able to store it. What do you guys bank for grain bins in a situation like this. Obviously not talking about big acres so is there a system that works better that i can dry in the bin or even just run air on it to dry it down some and keep it in condition? Most of our corn comes off under 20 but seems to get stuck or maybe I get impatient at that 17-18 mark and that’s when it comes off. Thanks for any guidance. | |
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How important is grain storage for a farm? Payback?
