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When a semi or grain truck is brought in full of corn or soybeans
(also known as commodity), they are weighed, probed, and tested for
moisture and other grade factors. The purpose of weighing the truck
is so that the weights can be converted into bushels. Sometimes
there will be long lines at elevators and there are many factors
that play into this. The number of farmers hauling in at the same
time; what the grades are; the type of commodity they are hauling;
and how many dumb sites or “pits” are at the location.
The trucks are then sent to the grain pit to unload. Once unloaded,
the corn or beans go to a designated grain bin, where they are kept
until it is shipped to the processor. When market conditions allow,
they are then sold to different processors.
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Once
unloaded, they weigh out and get their ticket. The process repeats
all day long all throughout the day during harvest.
A
special thank you to Topflight Grain Originator Sherry Leever,
Topflight Manager Chelsey White and Topflight Superintendent Troy
Edwards for their knowledge and expertise.
Topflight Grain Cooperative has 15 full-time locations, four of
those being in Logan County.
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