A2B-Ltncattef Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000 (Continued from Page A 26) “When we looked at the eco nomics of building the new silo, we looked past the initial cost and at long-term cost for the silo,” said Van Gilder. “We have significantly less spoilage with the upright silo than we would have with a bunker silo. With the new equip ment and silo, we can fill and unload the silo as quickly as we could a bunker. And we have less labor invested.” Drew Freeman from the Crop Storage Institute concluded the meeting with a discussion on vertical storage systems and a comparison of bunker storage systems. “For decades, tower silos were € Vk WOODS REARMOUNT FINISH MOWERS R.S. HOLLINGER & SON, INC. 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