Standing on his farm in Kossuth County, Iowa, Trevor Amy can scan the horizon and see the shining new grain bins multiple neighbors have put up — and the new bins on his own north central Iowa farm.

Three years ago, he and his family put up an 80,000-bushel bin to replace two damaged by storms. Then last year, they had two more built, another 80,000-bushel and a 50,000-bushel bin. This allows for storing more of the crop.

Rick Thomas believes the marketplace is adapting to the potential for permanent changes in the wake of California’s Proposition 12 law.

The law, passed in 2018, establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals and prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in a non-complying manner.

Many farmers have been looking to put up new grain bins or farm buildings, although rising costs and supply chain challenges have provided obstacles to some building projects.

Director of grain sales for GSI Roger Price says lead times for new grain bins are still fairly manageable, but there continue to be issues with steel.

CABERY, Ill. — At a time when construction costs are high and some building materials are hard to get, rural entrepreneurs are finding creative places to grow their businesses.

Kelli Marsh has converted bins to house various activities for weddings and events at Crooked Creek and Whitetails Estate in Vermilion County, Illinois.

When Vance Jones started building his own home out of a grain bin seven years ago, he had no idea he would soon be building bin homes as a business across the U.S.

He chose a bin because he could “buy it for pennies on a dollar. There’s no maintenance, no bugs, no rot. And, it fit my budget,” he said.

The public has this idea that concerts are something held in shiny concert halls or arenas in large cities. But Codfish Hollow breaks all those rules.

First, there’s the name.