It may seem a little early to be thinking about storing grain, but while some of our work has slowed down it’s a good time to check bins, treat for insects and give bins a check for maintenance issues.

That way, you won’t have to deal with a lot of surprises later when the rush hits. 

This is the best time during cool mornings before the sun gets high to check the oil in gear boxes, grease bearings and generally satisfy yourself that major maintenance issues are not a problem. 

 If ever there was a time to have on-farm storage available and in good working order it’s now since grain companies seem to be discouraging us from delivering directly from the field as indicated by the high basis and dockage charges we have seen in recent years.

As we have known for many years we pay for storage whether we or the grain company owns it; so we had just as well own it.