How agriculture works thread

[ArlyA]

There’s a few harvestore around here. Here’s a today view of the silos View attachment 3886543

Those concrete Harvestor would be new to me.
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Harvestore is a brand of agricultural silos known for their oxygen-limiting technology, primarily used for storing high-moisture forages and grains like haylage and high-moisture corn. They are constructed with glass-fused-to-steel, which provides a durable and corrosion-resistant storage environment. Harvestore silos are designed to minimize spoilage and dry matter loss, resulting in high-quality feed for livestock.

 

[LHF2019]

Those concrete Harvestor would be new to me.
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Harvestore is a brand of agricultural silos known for their oxygen-limiting technology, primarily used for storing high-moisture forages and grains like haylage and high-moisture corn. They are constructed with glass-fused-to-steel, which provides a durable and corrosion-resistant storage environment. Harvestore silos are designed to minimize spoilage and dry matter loss, resulting in high-quality feed for livestock. View attachment 3886561

No. Those are our silos. No longer used.

Correct. Harvester silos are metal with their trademark blue. There are a couple in the area here. Bottom unloading which is neat. Sealed top. Never have dealt with them.

 

[Eaglesfate]

No. Those are our silos. No longer used.

Correct. Harvester silos are metal with their trademark blue. There are a couple in the area here. Bottom unloading which is neat. Sealed top. Never have dealt with them.

Weren't they used mostly on dairy farms?

 

[LHF2019]

Weren't they used mostly on dairy farms?

Yes though I’m sure there were and are beef operations that still use them. I would like to use ours but would require refurbishing one of many reasons not used.

Most operations have gone to bunks/bags for silage storage.

 

[LouNY]

The harvester silos made good feed when good feed was put in them, the unloaders were a nightmare. When one screwed up it was often several hours worth of work to get it out of the silo to repair.

 

[BnRidge]

Silos, on the farm.
1918, newly poured concrete


1908, 12hp hit miss engine, ensiler and elevator, and brand new brick silo. There are finger prints on the bricks from before they were dried or fired, two layers thick, wired with barb wire anchors, lined with coal tar and lime mortar.


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