High Plains Journal:
Upgrade Your Storage to ENSURE YOUR FUTURE
Story and Photos by Lacey Newlin
*This article was taken directly from the High Plains Journal - May 11, 2020 Edition.
As long as we can remember, towering white, cement elevators operated by farm cooperatives were just about the only way people stored their grain. Farmers generally grew the same crops every year and settled for the best cooperatives could do to safely store their grain. However, these days farmers are becoming more diversified to keep their operations profitable and some are taking the conditioning and marketing of their crops into their own hands. To accomplish this, many have turned to a government loan program to fund their storage needs.
In 2011, Levi and Curtis Johnson, of Johnson Farms in Helena, Oklahoma, were looking to purchase a large grain bin for storage and drying of their crops - specifically corn. The brother returned to the family farm full-time in 2010 and saw a need to expand and build a grain bin so they could better manage and market their diversified crops, a need that was not being fulfilled by their local farm cooperative.
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*This article was taken directly from the High Plains Journal - May 11, 2020 Edition.
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