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06/29/2003 Archived Entry: "AN OVERFLOW OF WHEAT"

AN OVERFLOW OF WHEAT

From my friend, Jesse Manning:

I've been at the Kanopolis elevator during Harvests for the past 3 years. Kanopolis can hold 541,000 bushels, and as I understand it, we had taken in more than that (only because we had been loading out Semis and railcars at the same time), and all of that was taken in in the course of a week. Business picked up on Saturday the 21st with 25,000+ bushels brought in, and that number quickly went to 68,000 on Sunday, 72,000 on Monday, and over 80,000 for each of the next two days. By Saturday the 28th, the elevator could only hold around 50,000 more bushels, and they hit it. Trucks have had to be re-routed to Ellsworth until we can get some more wheat loaded out on semis or railcars. Blackwolf is in a similar situation, and I've heard that several other area elevators have filled up, too. I guess it's a blessing and a curse - this harvest has produced a lot of fantastic wheat, but it also produces a unique storage problem that I haven't seen before.