"Grain bins are some of the most valuable tools on the farm. While the traditional design hasn't changed that much, the technology in and around the bin continues to evolve. Here are a few ideas that might be worth bolting to your existing setup.

Unused front doors — some even unopenable, without a porch or stoop or a sidewalk — make it clear the accepted and expected traffic pattern is through the back door.

The rancher doesn’t know whether it was rustler’s remorse or publicity that gave the bandits cold feet about trying to sell the sheep that prompted their return.

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