Why this farmer refuses to buy cables for his bins
- Dave Jantzen
- Jul 20
- 2 min read
We sat down on the front porch with a grain farmer who's run Sentry Pac since 1992.
When we asked what he'd tell skeptics who question going without cables, he didn't hesitate:
"Go ahead and spend tens of thousands of dollars on something you don't need."
Most grain monitoring systems have the same job: tell you when your grain is going out of condition.
That's why they need cables running through your bins — tens of thousands of dollars' worth — just to catch spoilage as it starts.
Sentry Pac takes a different approach. It doesn't wait to detect spoilage. It keeps your grain in condition in the first place, automatically running your fans when the air is right — so there's nothing to detect.
Don't take our word for it.
We sat down on the front porch with a grain farmer who's run Sentry Pac since 1992. He told us how the system paid for itself the very first year, rescuing a bin of dry beans that came out at 12.5–13% moisture the following spring. He's now running two sites — including one original unit from the '90s that still won't quit.
When we asked what he'd tell skeptics who question going without cables, he didn't hesitate:
"Go ahead and spend tens of thousands of dollars on something you don't need."
✅ Pays for itself fast ✅ Saves 60–70% on electricity vs. manual fan operation ✅ Runs automatically — fans kick on when conditions are right, even overnight when dew falls ✅ PEACE OF MIND
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