Bean System:• GSI24”5,600bphelevator95’tall• GSI36-9NSLbin• OverheadStructure• GSI15-7GrainHopperTankon

structureDrying System:• GSI2326X-StreamDryer• 16x20Hi-Flightreceivingconveyor• GSI42”9,400bphelevator110’tall• IntelliairgrainmonitoringsystemOlder Items:• GSI24”6,000bphelevator

135’tallfordrygrain• GSIDryconveyor• GSI48-12FCDLbin

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Midwest Ag. Systems Inc.ph:812-649-9866fax:812-649-5440

tollfree:800-319-2475mas@midwestagsystems.netwww.midwestagsystems.net

SteveBeykeknowshisfamilyfarminsideandout,andasfarbackasthegenerationshavesharedstories.Heknowswhatworksandwhatdoesn’t fromexperience.BeykeFarms relies on high quality, dependableequipment to handle their multi-grainfacility.Ifthereisanopportunitytoconserveresources,theyareeagertotryit.WhentheFarmsGSI2326dryerenteredit’sseniorserviceyears,Steve,alongwiththeteamatMidwestAg,begandiscussingamoreefficientreplacementproductfortheexperiencedunit.TheyagreedthattheGSIX-Stream,withperformancethatsurpassesall other dryers, would be a suitablereplacement, but Beyke was hesitant tobelieve thesalespitch.Heneededtoseetheproof.Afterinstallationin2014,proofisexactlywhat Beyke got— and it exceeded hisexpectations. The X-Stream was loadedwith yellow corn at 22% from the field,

automated to15.5%moisture through theVision Controls and the gas meter wasnoted. Literally, Beyke set the dryer andwalkedaway. The results were outstanding! 96,000bushels averaged 15.2% and gas cost12%cheaperthanasimilarrunontheolddryer.Essentially,theX-Streamdryerusedless and driedmore. Similar results wereproducedwithwhitecornonthreeseparatebins.Eachbinhadthegrainexactlywhereit needed to be. “We’ve never had thathappen,” noted Beyke. In January, headded,grainputinthebinat15.5%cameoutat15.2%.“ThisisthelasttypeofdryerI will buy, shoot may be the last dryer Ihave to buy! With regular clean-out andmaintenance the X-Streamwill easily last20years.”SpecialthankstoBeykeFarmsfortrustingMAS’s drying system solution and otherqualitysystemproducts(shownatright.)

BEYKE FARMSWHITESVILLE, KY

SPRING SALENew GSI 1116 Grain Dryer, 1 Phase,LPGasorNaturalGas,VisionControls$59,000.00

BEYKE FARMSWHITESVILLE, KY

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p“The Vision controls are so easy that a cave-man can run it,” said Steve Beyke of Beyke Farms “We were able to free up some man power and save on gas — I only wish we’d have done this upgrade sooner!”

Theweatherischanging,thosewintertemperatures are leaving and summertemperaturesarecoming.It’stimetothinkabout thecorn that isstored in thebins,that isbeingheld into summer inhopesof taking advantage of amarket rally. IfthecornisgoingtobeheldpasttheendofMay, it’s time to think about warmingthe grain for summer storage. Thetemperatureofthecornshouldberaisedto60-70°F. Onevery important factor toconsiderbeforedoing this is themoisturecontentof the corn. Keeping corn into the nextsummer is something that should beconsideredandplannedforwhenthecornisdriedandputintothestoragebin.Cornthat is held into the summer should bedriedto14%orbelowmoisturecontent.Ifyoudidnotdrythecornto14%orbelowmoisture content and have not sold thecornbecause themarket hasnot ralliedasyouhadanticipated,youmaywanttorethinkkeepingthecornintothesummer.Corn,likeanyotherproduct,hasashelflife.Ifthecornwasdriedto15%moistureand cooled to 50° in September by the

end of April, two-thirds of it’s shelflife isgone.Then if the temperatureis raised to 60° then the 1/3 shelflife, that life that is left, equates to

approximately 70 days before one [1]gradeislost.Ifthecorntemperatureisraisedto70°thenthe1/3shelf lifebecomes40days.Allofasudden#2cornbecomes#3corn.Thatdoesn’thelpthebottomline, in thistimeoflowermarketpricesthatcanmeanthedifferencebetweenprofitandloss.[Allofthisinformationisbasedonassumingthatthemoistureofthegrainwastestedaccuratelyandthatthegrainwascooledto50°immediately.]Ifthecornhadbeendried to 14% and handled in the samemanner and the temperature raised to60°,therewouldstillbealmostaoneyearshelflifeleftattheendofMay.Iwouldrecommendnotraisingthecorntemperatureabove65°ifpossible.Insectandmoldactivityseemtostartataround70°.It isalsoagoodideatosealoffthefans at the bottom to stop the naturalchimney effect,which, as the airmovesupthroughthecornwillwarmthecorninthebottomofthebin.Payattentiontowhat’sgoingoninyourbins,it’syourlivelihood.

LARRY’SLETTERS

TIPS!Time to think about rewarming grain forsummerstorage.Grainthatwascooled

down for winter storageneedstoberewarmedifyouare planning on holding it

through thewarm springandsummermonths.

Intelligently monitor your grain with IntelliAir BinManager Systems™!

The BinManager System monitorsthemoisturecontentandtemperatureofyourgrainandtheoutsideair.Thisdual process automatically promptsthe system to run drying fans at themost optimal time. Moisture cabletechnologyallowstheusertosupervisetheequilibriummoisturecontentofthegrainwithineachbin.

No more dangerous trips up the binto probe the grain! The BinManagerSystem runs by itself,without humaninteraction. The BinManager platformallowsyoutomanageyourgrainfromanywhere by logging in to live onlineaccess.Itwillevenalertyoutopotentialproblemsviae-mailortextmessaging.Grain management has never beenthissimpleorconvenient.

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

CELEBRATE!Anniversary:DerekRogierFabricationShophired3-14-2011

SamLynamMillwrightCrewhired4-24-2014ScottMiddletonVPofDesign&Engineeringhired4-18-1994

New Team Members:SteveGore,OfficeFrontCounter

RickScherer,MillwrightCrew

EMPLOYEE FEATUREPatrick Mullican, Service CrewPatrickwashiredinSeptemberof2010asaservicetechnician.HisroleencompassesamajorityofMidwestAg’scommercialcustomerservice.PatrickandhiswifeSarahhavetwochildren,ason,Kamren,andadaughter,Reya.PatrickretiredfromthemilitaryinMayof2014.Hisgoalsaretocontinuetrainingonservice advancement and to provide best customer servicepossible.

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