Keep on Truckin’

Keep on Truckin’

The first of August the Farmer got a call from a neighbor needing someone to haul some corn out of his bins to the ethanol plant.  The Farmer answered that call and has hauled 50 some semi loads of corn to the plant.  Due to some truck issues and some contract issues with the plant he just finished this project the end of September. 

Western Plains Energy is the plant twenty miles from our farm.  I took this information from their website.   It was started in 2004 to improve the value of local grain.  This company has become a leader in the ethanol industry and has enjoyed many successes along the way.  Today this plant produces approximately 50,000,000 gallons of denatured ethanol annually.   The products from this plant are put to use in the very best way.  A way that feeds and fuels.  The grain brought into this ethanol plant is transformed into livestock feed in the form of distiller’s grain and into high-octane fuel in the form of ethanol. 

Many local farmer’s sell their grain to Western Plains Energy.  The Farmer got on a first name basis with some of the scale helpers over there. 

“Have you ever noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?”

-George Carlin

Truck driving is addictive.  There was a time years ago when the farmer did some longer hauls with a semi, that I thought he might love truck driving more than his bride.  But I was wrong.  He was able to break free for his family.  So now it’s just kind of fun for him to hit the road again on a short haul and run that truck through the gears.  

         “Find solace in the symphony of the engine and tires on the open road.”