It may look like a conventional 68,000 bushel wet bin, but the GSI TopDry system can dry 1,500 bushels per hour and remove 10 points of moisture. The large duct on the side of the bin sucks air from the heater and blows it up through the top layer which is 32 inches deep. Moisture is vented out through the roof.
Manitoba is corn poor. The province uses more corn than it grows. One of the hurdles preventing corn expansion is the cost of building adequate capacity for drying and storage.
Evan Erlandson’s new grain-handling facility near Altona, Man., will handle three million bushels annually once his two new 190,000-bu. dry bins are standing. His Red River Grain Company began operations in 2021 with a 68,000-bu. wet grain bin married to a GSI TopDry system. He made the decision early in the planning process to use all GSI equipment.
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