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Submitted by Dan Beenken, director of the University of Northern Iowa Family Business Center
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Iowan Dan Beenken and his sons are building a 72-foot bin that can hold 245,000 bushels. It’s part of a larger, ongoing storage strategy, which is in its seventh year. Basis and rising raw material costs complicate on-farm grain storage decisions.
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Many farmers closed 2020 with a much-needed dose of profits and a promise of a lucrative 2021. Now comes a question you may not have had to ask in several years: Where should I invest the money?
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