Agriculture Steel Building: An Economical Choice for Farms & Ranches

Old days have become obsolete when farmers and ranchers were using wooden buildings, because these buildings have many limitations like high maintenance cost, vulnerable to pests, etc., compare to structures manufactured from steel. Cultivation of land or raising livestock is a tedious task, and it becomes necessary to protect or house your agricultural assets and animals properly. Nowadays, steel buildings are popular for their impressive characteristics and versatile applications.

Why Are Agricultural Steel Buildings Superior for Farms & Ranches?

Steel is cheaper to produce and the greenest way to build metal structures. It is the most recycled material in the world. Steel framing is high-tensile commercial-grade material with high recycled content, making it an excellent choice for metal farm buildings.

With durable steel farm buildings, farmers and ranchers can protect their equipment and livestock for the long term. While agricultural steel buildings can be a significant investment, they are far sturdier than traditional wooden structures. They can withstand harsh conditions, including strong winds, extreme temperatures, heavy snow, thunderstorms, lightning, fire, mold, and more.

Steel structures offer various advantages over conventional wooden buildings and best suited for grain storage, livestock housing, vehicle parking, farming machinery sheltering, etc.

Let’s discuss the top characteristics of agricultural steel buildings that make them a prominent choice for farms & ranches.

Significant Strength: Agricultural steel buildings have ample strength to withstand adverse weather conditions. Steel has a high resistance to weight ratio than other building materials and becomes the first choice to build metal structures. High-tensile commercial-grade steel is ideal characteristics for an agricultural building, and it offers the highest strength to resist unfavorable conditions and better protect your grains or cattle.

High Durability: Wooden buildings are affected by many factors like moisture, rotting, termites, etc. but steel farm buildings are highly durable and unaffected of the above factors. Steel barns are anti-corrosive and rust-resistant; hence, you can employ these buildings in humid areas without compromising the age of the building, unlike wooden or iron structures. Our high-durable, sturdy, breathtaking agricultural steel buildings are practically maintenance-free.

Convenient Transition: Metal barns or steel agricultural buildings are fully customizable. Viking Steel Structures is pioneered in custom metal buildings like metal carports, metal barns, steel horse barns, metal garages, etc.  You can tell us your customization needs, and we will get you the same. Metal farm buildings are pre-engineered and allow vast transformation opportunities to extend or change your existing metal structure. Thus, you can get your custom metal barn or renovate your existing one conveniently. Use our 3D Estimator to design your custom metal farm building and get pricing.

Optimized Cost & Erection Time: Steel buildings are pre-engineered and come as dismantled parts. These parts need to bolt together at the construction site, which saves 30% of conventional metal building construction costs and consumes one third less installation time as compared to traditional alternatives. Pre-fabricated parts require less time & labor to attach, therefore cost-effective and time-efficient.

Efficient Energy Consumption: A steel building reduces your energy consumption. An adequately insulated steel shed requires less energy to regulate or maintain the temperature through air conditioners or heaters. It is estimated that a well-insulated metal barn saves up to 50% on energy bills.

Recyclable & Eco-Friendly: Nowadays, steel plants with zero carbon emission making steel construction a more eco-friendly alternative than wood construction. In the USA, metal building manufacturers use recycled steel to forge new buildings and after completing the life that buildings are recycled again. Hence, steel metal buildings are a green way of building and conserving nonrenewable resources.

Hopefully, the above characteristics and advantages of steel buildings help you understand why to consider steel agriculture building for farms & ranches. Steel farm buildings overcome the limitations of conventional structures and show the utmost performance in almost every aspect.

So, features like durability, versatility, uninterrupted space, damage resistance, and economic advantages of Viking Steel Structures are too hard for farmers, cattlemen, and ranchers to ignore.

Our top-quality steel farm buildings are high-affordable, easy-to-erect, maintenance-free, and are engineered to withstand the elements, longer than wooden structures.

So, whether you’re in need of a grain store, livestock shed, straw barn, dairy housing, farm equipment storage or even your very own workshop, Viking Steel Structures is always available to provide a bespoke quote, free of charge. You can connect us at 877-801-3263, where our experienced metal building team will discuss every aspect of your farm metal building to create a bespoke quote tailored to you.