Agricultural Seed Plant Drying Facility

A company that raises seed corn has two large locations in Northern Indiana. They bring in the corn during harvest season every August to October when its on the ear, which means its wet. The company dries the corn and shells it on site. The company then sells the seed to farmers to grow the following year. These facilities have a bunch of large belt driven fans that are used for the drying process. One plant has 24 and the other 48. Since the facilities only run a few months a year, they sit idle the rest of the year. They [...]