A2B-Ltncattef Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000
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“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
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the only way to feed silage,” said
Freeman. “But then the indus
try switched to horizontal silos
because of greater speed in fill
ing and feeding time.”
“The industry has reacted to
farmers’ desire for speed and ef
ficiency, making the silos bigger
and equipment better,” said
Freeman.
When most farmers expand,
they look at the initial cost of in
vestment when they determine
what feed storage system to use.
When looking at initial costs,
the horizontal silos are the lower
costing systems, comparing a
5,000-ton vertical storage
system at $160,000 and a 5,000-
ton horizontal storage system at
$85,900.
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man, a fanner should consider
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spoilage costs associated with
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His research also showed on
average 10 percent more loss
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