Riut­ta­mä­ki Farm

He noticed the new pro­duct on Antti’s social media chan­nels, and his inte­rest was piqued imme­dia­te­ly. Out of the two avai­lable sizes, the lar­ger model (D12.1) was cho­sen and ins­tal­led adjacent to the finis­hing pig faci­li­ty. Con­struc­tion began at Mid­sum­mer in 2025, and the drying silo was comple­ted just in time for the har­vest sea­son. The main objec­ti­ves of the invest­ment were to inc­rea­se sto­ra­ge capaci­ty and reduce fuel oil con­sump­tion.

“I belie­ve the­se goals have been achie­ved,” Riut­ta­mä­ki sum­ma­rizes, based on the expe­riences of the first year.

The drying silo has ope­ra­ted flaw­less­ly

Riut­ta­mä­ki is high­ly satis­fied with the invest­ment. The drying silo has stream­li­ned the farm’s dai­ly ope­ra­tions because the grain is now sto­red in a single loca­tion, eli­mi­na­ting the need for inter­nal trans­fers.

“Pre­vious­ly, we had to haul grain throug­hout the year, but that is no lon­ger neces­sa­ry now that the grain is alrea­dy at its final des­ti­na­tion.”

The drying silo offers ver­sa­ti­le pos­si­bi­li­ties and simpli­fies pig fee­ding.

“In the autumn, we can accept grain batc­hes that con­tain mixed or wet grain, and the result is always con­sis­tent qua­li­ty for the pigs’ feed. From the very begin­ning, the sys­tem was desig­ned so that you can prac­tical­ly for­get about it for a year. It’s enough that I check on it eve­ry now and then. The sen­sors dis­pen­se grain whe­ne­ver the fee­der requests it, mea­ning I don’t have to do anyt­hing manual­ly,” Riut­ta­mä­ki says.

The auto­ma­tion sys­tem cont­rols the drying silo’s fan based on air humi­di­ty. When the rela­ti­ve humi­di­ty rises too high, the fan shuts off auto­ma­tical­ly to avoid run­ning unneces­sa­ri­ly.

“It was a surpri­se how litt­le the dryer actual­ly runs in the end. Per­so­nal­ly, I would have run it much more,” Riut­ta­mä­ki admits.

Antti’s exten­si­ve expe­rience ins­pi­red con­fi­dence

The invest­ment has ful­ly met Riuttamäki’s expec­ta­tions. He was not hesi­tant to purc­ha­se the very first drying silo in Fin­land.

“Ant­ti is a major player in the industry, so I trus­ted that the pro­duct brought to mar­ket would be top-notch. The manu­fac­tu­rer of the stir­ring sys­tem is a subs­tan­tial ope­ra­tor as well.”

Coo­pe­ra­tion with Ant­ti has been excel­lent.

“In the begin­ning, the­re was a lear­ning cur­ve for both sides regar­ding the ope­ra­tion. Now eve­ryt­hing runs smooth­ly, and we haven’t had any issues with the silo.”