The food supply chain is made up of many different entities, all accomplishing different tasks. Manufacturers, distributors, acquirers, and big box retail stores facilitate the process. The industry is book-ended by two major sources. This is the well organized grain and food processing resources on one end and the many retail grocery stores on the very other. And during this entire process, various companies have their hands in creating the end product of a granola bar, cereal, or can of soup. It is a fascinating thing to explore, and it all begins with grain processing.
Various entities, such as the Leon James Construction Company, have been supplying grain and the means of distribution for years. The equipment they use is large, complex, and extremely efficient. Efficiency is perhaps the most important element, for they must keep up with the total demand for product. Without their excellent Augers in Southern Idaho, as well as other notable pieces of equipment, the price of many typical grocery products would be astounding (if they existed on the shelf at all).
Below are just some of the most noteworthy equipment used in a typical grain processing center:
* Drying Bins: Once the grain is acquired, it must be sifted and dried before continuing on to distribution
* Grain Conditioning Systems: These vents consist of fans, heaters, aeration systems, and raised floors which knock the grain along a siphon and through the system’s inner workings.
* Augurs: Augers in Southern Idaho are designed for fertilization. Mixers, elevators, and chemical containments intricately layer and splice up contents after they have been sent through the initial compartments. This is why all the above areas are known as secondary compartments, and augurs work to sift processed grain.
* Bagging Systems: usually at the end of the process, the bagging system takes the fully sifted and processed grain into containers for shipment and processing.
The system can be looked at in far greater detail than the above. Leon James Construction Company works intimately with major dealers, including Empire Rubber, Ferrell-Ross, NECO, Roskamp, and close to 50 others. So when the product one finds at the grocery store is followed back to the beginning, a construction company is efficiently starting it all.
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