This is where corn (and some soybeans) get dumped, cleaned and stored. Trucks dump their loads into a pit (under the red-orange structure on the west side of the building). An auger in the pit moves the grain to the leg (the tall vertical pipe) where cups elevate it and deposit it into the correct bin. During this process, the grain is shook/run over screens to get rid of foreign material, beans or kernels that are split or broken, etc. Spouts on either side of the building dispense grain for outbound shipping (trucks on the west side and railcars on the east side). For containers, the bulk overhead dispenser on the west side dumps onto a portable belt, which then conveys the grain into the container.
Inbound railcar shipments of grain are somewhat rare and, as such, the procedure for getting the grain out is a bit convoluted. A portable auger / belt conveyor is used to transfer grain from the hopper cars to a semi, which then drives around to the other side of the building and dumps its load into the truck receiving pit.
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