GRAIN GUY FIFTY BLOG

Hello and welcome to “Grain Guy Fifty”! I’m Jim Voigt, and I’m thrilled to launch this blog dedicated to sharing insights, knowledge, and best practices from my 50 years in the feed and grain industry.

Sampling: The Grain Industry’s Most Neglected Discipline - Part 2

Part 2 of 2 A straight talk message for managers and operators Part 1 of this series covered the sample itself, probe types, insertion technique, grain segregation physics, and the judgment calls operators make on a busy driveway. If you missed it, it is worth reading first. This part is for the people responsible for building and maintaining the program around those operators. Equipment installation. Validation. Training architecture. Written procedures. And a hard conve

Grain Sampling

Jun 29

Sampling: The Grain Industry’s Most Neglected Discipline

Part 1 of 2 A straight talk message for managers and operators This is one of my longtime pet peeves in the grain business. We spend millions of dollars on legs, pits, probes, dryers, bins, automation, and blending systems to protect grain quality. Then we turn around and will not take a few extra minutes to check the quality as it comes in the door. Inbound and outbound sampling decide grade, value, shrink, blending, contract compliance, and customer trust. Yet sampling is s

Grain Sampling

Jun 25