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.

Heat, Work, and the Baseline That Changed

Why Yesterday's Normal Feels Like Today's Warning I grew up in a place where summer heat wasn't a weather event. It was just summer. Home was the northern Sacramento Valley, about 65 miles above Sacramento, in the old gold mining town of Oroville. The town sits on dredger tailings and river rock left over from gold operations, ringed by volcanic formations that soak up heat and hold onto it like a battery. By mid-summer the rocks, streets, and hills didn't just warm up during

Safety

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