D&G Ferguson Potato Farms

The expansive potato farm needed an equally large storage barn to fit millions of Farmer Vander Zaag’s harvest.

Food storage requires storage conditions that are guaranteed to maintain their temperature to ensure their freshness. Farmer Vander Zaag’s potatoes needed storage that will last for many months, using construction materials that will help to maintain the storage barn’s temperatures and last for many decades.

Tilt Wall devised a hybrid approach to this challenge, resulting in an exterior built of wood, with insulated concrete panels making up the interior walls. The six-inch-thick solid concrete walls use thermal mall properties to keep temperatures in line with the strict humidity requirements needed to maintain potatoes.