Elevator Expansion

The ground may be frozen but spring planting will sneak up on you sooner than you think Tonight Ag Reporter andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t sarah-gustinandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Sarah Gustinandamp lt aandamp gt takes us to one elevator making room for your bumper crop While many producers are laying out their spring planting plants-Southwest Grain in Taylor is busy making room for more deliveries Delane Thom SWG Regional Manager andamp quot The new facility or expansioin is a fast turn around faclity We can have spring andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t wheatandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt wheatandamp lt aandamp gt in it today and if the demands are for winter wheat tomorrow we can do that and then on the third day we could load andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t durumandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt durumandamp lt aandamp gt andamp quot This current nearly 2 million bushel facility is expanding to hold 6-hundred thousand more Four 150-thousand bushel silos along with a new driveway are being added to help cutdown on both unloading and loading time Randy Unruh SWG Terminal Manager andamp quot We will be able to dump grain over there at about 25-thousand bushels an hour and load out in a train in hopefully between 8-10 hours andamp quot Delane Thom SWG Regional Manager andamp quot We looked at three objectives increasing storage on rail where we can get it officially on shuttle cars so we have met that objective the other objective is to speed up the receiving side of it for producers so there wait time in line is better and the third thing we look at is getting it into rail cars more efficiently and we have met that objective as well andamp quot Plus a new addition with a few added features might make coming to work a little more fun Randy Unruh SWG Terminal Manager andamp quot Everything in the new facility is going to be PLC controlled And we are going to have screens that monitor everything I will be able to watch the guys load trains from the driveway here or the new driveway anywhere I am at I can basically watch what is going on That is the most exciting part to me andamp quot West of Taylor Reporting for KX News I am Sarah Gustin Thom says the expansion started in May 2008 and he says May 2009 should mark the finish date