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Hundreds of grain bins replaced before harvest

DYSART, Iowa --- Mother Nature huffed and puffed and blew hundreds of grain bins down on July 11 in Tama and adjoining counties.

Miraculously, contractors and farmers say a good portion have been rebuilt just in time for harvest. Though grain storage is still a concern, along with the added transportation costs and harvest delays associated with space constraints, it's not as dire as producers and elevator officials originally thought.

A devastating wind storm called a derecho --- with winds topping 130 mph --- flattened corn and buildings in a 20-mile swath from Story to Benton counties.

John Mullen, owner of P&J Equipment of La Porte City, said the storm destroyed half of the grain bins he built during a 35-year career. He toured the disaster area that morning. The number of bins destroyed or severely damaged was easily between 400 to 500, he said.

"I thought there's no way we can reconstruct that in three months. There wasn't a farmstead not affected ... hundreds of millions of dollars in damage," Mullen said. "It's amazing how many have been rebuilt."

P&J workers have worked 70-hour weeks ever since, building a dozen bins with another 10 to go this fall. Farmers can go without a machine shed, but protecting valuable corn and soybeans is a must.

Mullen said he subcontracted work to a bin-building crew from Missouri. Other local grain storage contractors and crews from other states are working just as hard, he said.

"I've met crews from Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas. There's plenty of room in the pool for everybody," Mullen said.

Farmers who called right away and didn't hesitate making a decision to rebuild were served first, he said.

Mullen was one of Duane Holtz's first calls after the storm. The longtime P&J customer and farmer south of Dysart didn't even want to spend time getting quotes with harvest looming.

Holtz lost four bins totalling 85,000 bushels and a grain leg (distribution system). Two bins, about 12,000 bushels each, were damaged.

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