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Increased Bushel Premiums

With the saving in drying cost and the increase in grade, my CMC Pressure Cure® system made me 60-65 cents per bushel on 150,000 bushels of rice in one year.

Joe Mencer
Lake Village, AR

Grain Bins with the Pressure Cure® System a better investment than land for Joe Mencer

Last year I had an option to buy a farm or build another set of grain bins. The land owner backed out on the farm so I went for the bins. That is the best thing that could have happened for me. Not only were the bins a good investment, but they may be worth more than the farm land was. I grow about 2000 acres of rice each year and was paying 40-50 cents per bushel drying fees each year on around 100,000 -120,000 bushels. A few years ago I had a fan burn up on another set of bins so I installed a fan and no-fines floor from CMC. I was told I could see two-four pounds per bushel increase in test weight. I did see the increase with wheat and rice so when it was time to build the new set I checked into the CMC’s Pressure Cure® system. The system did cost a bit more than a system with heaters and stiralls, but I thought it would be worth the difference in energy savings and less repairs in the long haul.

This year I ran about 150,000 bushels of rice in September through the system and my cost per bushel was 4.4 cents for drying, that was 40 cents per bushel less than I paid last year. Some of my moisture levels were as high as 23% and I dried that rice in 20 days without turning or heat. My milling yield ran 4 pounds better in the Pressure Cure® bins which paid me 20-25 cents per bushel premiums over the standard bin system. The rice that I dried in town this year with heat was 7 pounds lighter in test weight and it cost me 41 cents per bushel to do that. With the saving in drying cost and the increase in grade, my CMC Pressure Cure® system made me 60-65 cents per bushel on 150,000 bushels of rice in one year. That will more than make my payment and make my farm more profitable for years to come. I am glad that I did not buy that other farm.