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operates a 17,000-acre grain farm outside Edmonton. Due to a comparatively short growing season compared to southern regions, he often uses large amounts of natural gas for grain drying – critical when crops must be harvested.
“Being as we are far north, cold can help a farmer preserve the grain, but to deliver it to elevators and overseas customers, it can’t arrive in a moist state,” Allam says. “Natural gas, at this point, is the only usable way to do it, as far as power consumption and environmental footprint are concerned.”
If left unattended, moist grain in storage bins can spoil in days, resulting in significant financial loss and wasted time. Allam spends $25,000 on natural gas during an average harvest season – some years it’s $50,000. Without gas, there’d be a need for “massive production” of alternate power, he says.operates a medium-sized grain farm near Calgary.
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