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The inbound and outbound scales at Paxton are getting RFID card readers installed prior to harvest. This will allow for a more accurate transaction for the drivers at the scale as it will eliminate some of the human error regarding farm ID’s and truck identification.

• Each patron will be given one RFID card that will go in each vehicle you haul in with. One card for each vehicle. This card will be tied to each individual patron.
• When you pull on the inbound scale, the card reader will identify you. There is a display screen that will identify customer name, farm ID and commodity. On your first load of a particular field, you will need to let the office staff know what farm ID you are hauling in on. The RFID system will recall the last information hauled in on until you change farm ID’s or commodity, at which point you will need to let the scale operator know the new information.
• You will need to let the scale operator know when you change farm ID’s or commodity.
• You will be weighed, probed and proceed to the dump pit.
• When you pull on the outbound scale, you will be automatically weighed out, and a scale ticket will print for you.
• Once the RFID system installation is complete, we will set up a time for you to stop in at Paxton and pick up your RFID cards to place in your vehicle and show you how the system works. You will need to get these cards in each of your vehicles prior to delivering grain to Paxton this fall.

We are hoping that this will improve the accuracy for load identification at the Paxton scale.

We will be sending out further information once everything is in place and ready to go.

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If you have any new farm ID’s that need set up or changed, please let your settlement location know as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will be asked to pull off the scale at harvest while we get your farm ID set up.

Construction and electrical work continues at our Paxton facility. Like most projects, completion seems to drag on later than what was promised when contracts were signed. We are pushing contractors to get things running, but it is going to take some more time. If you are planning on harvesting soon, please make sure that you call your delivery location prior to hauling in just to make sure that we are prepared. Ludlow staff are working hard to get all the facilities ready for your bushels and many locations are ready.

Off farm hauling with semis will be limited this year. Our full-time harvest truck numbers are low. We may have some capacity early in harvest before we get enough grain at locations to load out, but once we get grain above a spout at short space locations, trucks will be hauling from elevators to help them keep enough space for patrons to haul in.

Thank you for your continued patronage of Ludlow Coop.