Cheap Ways To Store Crops

Cheap Ways To Store Crops CROP STORAGE Miscellaneous 34-5-5 Although USDA crop forecasts at the beginning of September said the U.S. corn and bean crop would be about about the same size as last year, we've had calls lately from readers in some parts of the Midwest expecting bumper crops. They were looking for low-cost crop storage ideas. FARM SHOW has featured numerous ideas for temporary grain storage over the years. We dug back into the archives to pull out a few (see above). If you'd like the full story on any or all of these ideas, just email me at mark@farmshow.com or call us at 800-834-9665. We'll email, fax or mail a packet of all the stories shown here to you immediately at no charge. Or, if you have a copy of our CD-Rom of past issues, just look under the category "Crop Storage" and you'll find all of these stories plus many others. There's been more interest in recent years in storing dry grain in plastic bags, and one idea that seemed to be drawing a crowd at the Farm Progress Show was a new Polyfastener Zip Tool that's designed to give an airtight seal to the ends of big grain bags. Made by Curry Industries (www.curryindustries.com; ph 204-661-1729) it's a nifty tool that uses zipper-like plastic strips to give an airtight seal to the end of big bags. The company points out that up to now there hasn't been a good way to tightly seal the end of big ag bags. The Zip Tool strips can be reused from year to year. Sells for $799.

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