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Last Updated:
09/03/08
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September 4, 2009
RUFF BROTHERS GRAIN ACQUIRES FIVE FORMER ADM GRAIN LOCATIONS:
This summer we purchased the grain elevators located in Leonore, Lostant, Wenona, Moon, and Lowpoint. We plan to staff the Leonore and Lowpoint offices year-round with the ability to purchase grain and write grain checks, while the Lostant, Wenona, and Moon facilities will be open seasonally. We feel that these locations have excellent potential and we intend to make improvements over the next several years that will allow us to handle more volume.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR FALL 2009:
We are currently adding a 393,000 bu. storage tank at the Long Point facility and are replacing the two old Meyer dryers uptown with a new 4700 bph Zimmerman grain dryer. These additions will allow us to store more corn uptown and handle more wet corn uptown.
The Leonore facility has a new dump pit serviced by a 15,000 bph grain leg. We hope to make some changes to the scale and office to improve the traffic flow during harvest.
In Lostant we are adding a 2400 bph Zimmerman grain dryer to replace the dryer that was lost in the storm a couple of years ago. This should allow us to run longer dumping hours for corn than last year.
The Lowpoint facility will also be adding a 400,000 bushel storage tank to help handle the larger volume of corn that has been produced the last couple of years.
FALL HAULING SERVICES:
We will be offering our fall trucking services again this season at a rate of 8 cents per bushel on grain hauled into the closest of our facilities. If you require delivery to the RuffRail facility, you will be charged the applicable mileage rate. We ask that you have an auger wagon or another method for loading the trucks quickly. We expect great demand for trucks this fall and will schedule jobs only as the trucks become available. If you are interested in using this service, please give us as much notice as possible before you are ready to haul.
NEW CROP SOYBEANS ON PRICE LATER:
You can save 7 cents per bushel by moving your new crop soybeans to a Price Later contract. You will be charged a minimum fee of 10 cents/bu. instead of the 17 cent/bu. minimum charge for Open Storage.
CARRYOVER CHARGE:
Due to the decent crop coming on and the lack of available storage space, we will charge a carryover fee of 10 cents per bushel on old crop grain in Open Storage or on Warehouse Receipt that is not sold by September 15, 2009.
OLD CROP STORAGE POLICY:
Soybeans:
Minimum storage will be charged on old corp soybeans in Open Storage or on Warehouse Receipt on September 15, 2009. Monthly fees will apply to beans on Price Later.
Corn:
Minimum storage will be charged on old crop corn in Open Storage or on Warehouse Receipt on September 15, 2009. Monthly fees will apply to corn on Price Later.
The Staff at Ruff Brothers Grain
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