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The other two awards were to Harpley’s of Randolph County, $642,000 for meat processing; and Tidewater Grain of Pamlico County, $180,000 for grain storage bins.
The Farmer-Owned Grain Reserve (FOR) was a program, established under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, designed to buffer sharp price movements and to provide reserves against production shortfalls by allowing wheat and feed grain farmers to participate in a subsidized grain storage program. Farmers who placed their grain in storage ...
A Uniform Grain and Rice Storage Agreement (UGRSA) is the contractual arrangement governing transactions between the Agricultural Marketing Service and private grain storage companies. Commercial warehouses storing grain under a nonrecourse loan or owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) must have a signed Uniform Grain and Rice Storage ...
Grain loss can be caused by mold growth, bugs, birds, or any other contamination. One method of preventing loss is hermetic grain storage. Hermetic grain storage strives to eliminate all exchange of gases within the storage system. This mitigates bacterial activity and prevents rodents and bugs from being able to breathe inside the storage ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — American farmers are hoping that aid to agriculture will be revived as Congress struggles to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the federal government funded and ...
Farmland Industries was the largest agricultural cooperative in North America when it eventually sold all of its assets in 2002–04. During its 74-year history, Farmland served its farmer membership as a diversified, integrated organization, playing a significant role in agricultural markets both domestically and worldwide.
Wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle have destroyed grain in storage bins and likely killed tens of thousands of livestock, state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in an interview on ...
The company was initially founded under the name Chore-Time Equipment in 1952, manufacturing poultry, egg and pig production equipment. In 1957, the sister company of Brock Grain Systems was founded, focusing on grain storage. Using the initials of both companies, the brands incorporated under the CTB name in 1976. [2] [3]