Until ultimate yr, Michigan farmer Cal Schipper operated a poultry farm near Holland, selling eggs produced by his 1.6 million hens. Then, he decided to advertise the operation and switch right into a corn and soybean farmer.
“The poultry commerce features a complete lot of auditing and guidelines, and even with all of our egg layers, we might even see that down the freeway, it was going to be exhausting to compete with the massive companies inside the egg commerce,” Schipper talked about. “We seen a chance to advertise and took it.”
He organize his new 1,200-acre corn and soybean farm — Schipper Family Farms — on land he owned straight all through the freeway from the poultry operation. He works collectively along with his two sons, Riley and Elliott, on the no-till operation.
Schipper isn’t any stranger, nonetheless, to crop farming or grain storage. He grew his private corn on the poultry farm to supply feed for the hens, and he had on-site grain storage gear that was included inside the sale. So, he turned to GSI to design and assemble a model new one on the crop farm.
Achieved in time for fall harvest, the model new system presents 240,000 bushels of corn storage functionality and 60,000 bushels of soybean functionality — ample to not solely meet current needs however moreover to help future progress.
Schipper plans to buy further land and plant further corn and soybeans over the next 10 years. “I’ve found over time to always look down the freeway and make points bigger than you in the meanwhile need,” he talked about.
The model new system, designed and put in by GSI vendor Oakridge Farm Present, based totally in Hamilton, consists of:
- Three dry storage bins, a 20,000-bushel moist storage hopper bin and a 4,000-bushel overhead loadout hopper tank.
- A tower dryer with a functionality of two,100 bushels per hour at a 5 degree per hour moisture low cost.
- Three bucket elevators, along with a 12,000 bushel-per-hour leg which will take care of the grain that comes from the sector to a dump pit; a 3,500 bushel-per-hour leg that takes grain from the moist bin to the dryer; and a 4,500 bushel-per-hour leg that transports the grain from the dryer to the storage bins.
Schipper is pleased with the model new system, which he talked about has helped make his farming operation extraordinarily setting pleasant. “We purchased it up and working in time for harvest and it labored good,” he talked about. “It was set as a lot as current extreme functionality with the latest know-how.”
Being able to unload grain faster and get once more to the sector further shortly meant that solely two semi-trucks had been wished as a substitute of three, in response to Schipper. “Plus storing grain on the farm saves time and cash by not having to attend in line at a grain elevator and being able to decide on the becoming time of yr to market the grain for bigger prices,” he talked about.
Karl Haverdink, co-owner/product sales on the GSI dealership, talked about it was an honor to work with Schipper Family Farms on the enterprise.
“All of us proper right here at Oakridge Farm Present are grateful to them for giving us this opportunity,” he talked about. “Having acknowledged the Schipper family and their farming practices for a couple of years, everyone knows how very important grain coping with effectivity and product prime quality is to them.”
Haverdink talked about that in West Michigan, every obtainable harvesting day is significant and useful. “Sustaining the usual of the grain is crucial in our area,” he talked about. “Most of it is used inside the livestock feeding commerce. With out right drying and storage, it is unattainable to care for the right components for our livestock growers.
“We need to thank GSI and their staff for all the help, significantly our district rep, David Ellis, for all the assist,” he added.
“We’re grateful for the continued enhancements and enhancements the GSI Group has made by way of the years. To provide our prospects the right storage, drying and coping with gear obtainable in at current’s market is an additional advantage.”
For further data, farmers can email correspondence Karl Haverdink at oakridgefarmsupply@gmail.com or go to grainsystems.com to find a GSI vendor serving their area.