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New elevator rises over Eighth Ave. NE
Last Wednesday, Dave Prins, owner of Prins Feed and Grain, was only a few wind-free days away from completing the new grain bin rising 114-feet above Eighth Ave. NE.
“The bulk of that bin was completed in three weeks but they can’t work on it in rain and high winds,” Prins said.
The new grain bin, constructed by ABS (Ag Builders of Southern Minnesota) out of Windom, has a 400,000-bushel capacity. The upgrades include a 2,100-bushel per hour corn dryer on the north side and to the east, a couple grain legs for filling and unloading the dryer and for dumping grain. Prins also had the electric upgraded from 400 to 1400 amps. His operation uses the same transformer as Kelly’s Koffee, his neighbor to the south.
Prins bought the operation about a year and a half ago.
“Cargill was leasing it from Pipestone Coop,” Prins said. “They decided to sell it on an auction and we purchased it.
“So what we’re doing is doubling our capacity,” Prins continued. “Business has been great. We have good competitors here and everything, but business has been very good.”
Prins buys, stores and sells mostly corn and soybeans.
“A lot of our corn goes to livestock feeders and some of the corn goes to ethanol plants,” Prins said. “Most all our soybeans go to soybean crushers. They make it into soybean meal and it’s fed to livestock in the area.”
When asked how the markets were, the hard frost and light snow hadn’t hit the area. “They’ve been pretty good,” he said. “I think the yields are terrific, but that will be the big thing.”
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