b'POTATO STORAGEBuilding More Storage? Consider Short- and Long-Term GoalsCHAD KLEISINGERBusiness Development and Product ManagerMeridian Manufacturing Inc.www.meridianmfg.comI get a lot of phone calls and emails frombuilding will fit into short- and long-range storage andFor example, while you might not currently require growers looking for advice about buildingbin yard plans. They typically recognize that the designstorage upgrades like refrigeration, heating or additional potato storage. Though every farm isand creation of a new build takes time, so they investadditional air right now, it makes good business sense unique, one piece of advice that works in virtuallyearly rather than waiting until they need the buildingto consider whether your operation might require any every situation is this: think big.right now. And they generally dont cut financial cor- of those into the future. Might you expand the farm Make no mistake, I am not advocating that grow- ners. While small and cheap might solve a short-termand take on more acres? Might you change from pro-ers take on impossible debt or build much biggerproblem, customers who base their decisions on thosecessing to more delicate, harder-to-store fresh-pack than they need. Rather, I mean all farmers, regard- factors are rarely happy a year later.potatoes? Adding an extra wall or a larger fan house less of size, should follow corporate farms decisiveCorporate farmers are also usually skilled atwhen the storage building is under construction is a and numbers-oriented style of decision-making.looking at the whole picture: considering outsidewhole lot easier and more cost-effective than trying to Operators of large-scale farms know their prioritiesinfluences like processor requirements, changingretrofit those elements a few years down the road.and keep their eye on exactly what they need to achievemarkets, future needs, etc. They recognize that their short- and long-term business goals. They aredesign decisions should be dictated not only by what usually well organized through any decision-makingone currently stores and who one currently sells to, process. When it comes to building a new storagebut by what one may store and who one may sell to facility, they will systematically analyze how a newin the future. Issues Ink - 7.125 x 4.75POTATO GROWTH REGULATORS AND SPROUT INHIBITORS Advancing WomenHow Will Overlooking the Storage Season Cost You?In AgricultureConferenceJoin us to get informed, be inspired and get growing! Tamara Carter Co-founder, Carter Cattle Company Ltd. Lacadena, SKMarch 23 & 24, 2020 Register now. Network and learn from women Hyatt Regency Downtown,passionate about agriculture from across Canada.Calgary, Alberta AdvancingWomenConference.caWINTER 2020 SPUDSMART.COM 23'