Why Choose Loftness Grain Bagging?

• Designed and built in the United States for North American farmers, utilizing U.S. components and workmanship.
• Speed up your harvest. Don't wait for trucks, the dryer or elevator lines. Fill bags in the field and keep the combines moving.
• Fill bags from the combine, grain carts or even semi-trucks.
• Expand the capacity of your existing grain handling system.
• Easily segregate your grain or seed by variety, moisture content, etc.
• Store wet corn before drying for increased harvest efficiency and reduced harvest time.
• It's suitable for keeping some kinds of pelleted materials such as alfalfa pellets, ground corn or urea inside a grain bag.
• It's a fraction of the cost of a grain bin set-up.
• There are no property taxes on the grain bag system or grain bags.
• Can be depreciated faster than grain bins.
• Store your grain in bags for about 5 cents to 7 cents per bushel.
• Eliminate elevator storage costs.
• Reduce your labor force; less trucks are required.
• Remove grain from bag after harvest when time is more abundant.
• Control your own marketing strategy.
• Easy to use.
• Bag your crop at the rate of 30,000 bushels per hour.
• Supported by local dealerships, backed by factory-trained technicians and local sales representatives.
• Over 50-year company history with state-of-the art manufacturing facility.

Advantages

• Uses:
  • Dry grains: soybean, corn, sorghum, wheat, sunflower, millet, oats, rice, barley, etc.
  • Wet grains: corn, sorghum, wheat, etc.
  • Fertilizer.
• Harvesting:
  • The harvest will not be delayed waiting for storage to become available on farm or elsewhere.
  • The grain bag can be put in the field where harvesting is taking place or anywhere on the farm.
  • Grains can be stored as to their variety, grade, protein, and moisture, or for any other reason.
  • Storage in a bumper season is unlimited.
  • Grain can be freighted after harvest, freeing up time during harvest.
• Marketing Flexibility:
  • The opportunity to grow, store, and market niche crops on farm.
  • Gives the producer control and time to market the crop.
  • No hasty decisions on pricing your commodities at harvest when pricing can be complicated and can cost you money.
  • Marketing your commodity knowing that you have the crop in the bag rather than before harvest, hoping you can achieve the bushels to fill contracts.
  • The grain bags are sealed airtight, so chemicals are not required. No withholding period.
  • Perfect for organic commodities.
  • Grains retain their quality, including color.
• Controlling Costs:
  • Eliminates costly on-farm storage systems, freeing up capital.
  • Bag cost of 7¢ cents per bushel of stored grain.
  • The high price of freight during harvest can be avoided by negotiating a freight rate on a back load or by shopping around for after-harvest rates.
  • Reduced reliance on chemicals, helping to delay resistance.