Favorable growing conditions have helped many farmers to achieve what are expected to be excellent yields in 1998. But with much grain left over from last year, limited storage space coupled with low prices are causing farmers to turn to temporary storage to wait for a better market. There are two key points to remember, though.
Temporary storage requires careful management and temporary storage is, well, temporary.
Tips for Temporary Grain Storage Store only high quality cool dry grain in temporary storage. Temporary storage facilities are usually not adequate to dry grain or to provide uniform aeration to the entire grain mass. Don't store any grain that you suspect might cause a storage problem. Damaged or dirty grain or grain with lots of foreign material or green plant parts will cause a storage problem especially in temporary storage. Maximize capacity of temporary storage structures by understanding how the volume of grain that can be held changes as you change the width, length and depth of grain.