Handling a Bumper Crop: IOWA COOP ADDS 1.8 MILLION BUSHELS OF UPRIGHT CONCRETE AND TEMPORARY STORAGE

摘要

From one end of the Midwest to the other, grain elevator managers are still looking at full tanks and ground piles, thanks to two years of huge carryovers. And Iowa is a big contributor to that total. "Harvests have gotten tremendously larger around here," says Dan Torreson, location manager at Farmers Cooperative Co.'s rail loading terminal on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe in Bayard, IA. "Corn is probably averaging around 170 to 175 bushels per acre, and for this area, that's tremendous."