Brumm Speaks Out: Feed milling charges

A couple of weeks ago I was with the mill manager of a local coop. He had just come from a meeting with his electricity supplier.

The purpose of the meeting was to talk thru the implications of an upcoming 20 percent rate hike to the mill.

Were there things in the mill that could be done to lower the consumption of electricity?

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