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using Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Farm
Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program.
The FSFL program provides low-interest
financing for producers to build or upgrade
facilities to store eligible commodities.
Qualified facilities include grain bins, hay
barns and cold storage facilities, and loans
can be used to purchase portable (new or
used) structures, equipment and storage,
and handling trucks.
The new Miles potato cellar can store up to
60,000, 100-pound sacks of potatoes. The
new storage facility has helped the Miles
brothers ensure optimum ventilation
and climate conditions for their seed
potato crop. David Miles says the quality
of product they are able to achieve with
their new cellar makes it a worthwhile
investment.
"They [seed potatoes] come out of storage
just like they went in," Miles says. "I don't
think we have any shrinkage these days."
For more information about FSA's Farm
Storage Facility Loan program, growers
are encouraged to contact their local FSA
office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov.
Miles Brothers Farms utilized FSA's Farm Storage Facility
Loan program to build an upgraded potato cellar.
