- Yes. Work above livestock is sequenced around milking schedule (3x/day or robotic), feeding, calving and farrowing windows. Quiet-foot underlayment, no airborne fasteners, no debris in feed alleys or water troughs. Crews work around livestock movement and animal welfare protocols.
- Yes — that's standard. Machine sheds, grain bins and equipment storage roofs are scheduled around the harvest calendar — never during planting (April–May), spraying or combining (Sept–Oct). Spring and late summer are the sweet spots.
- AG-panel (exposed-fastener, 26-gauge) is lower cost and ideal for machine sheds, hay barns and lower-value outbuildings — 25–35 year life. Standing-seam (concealed-fastener, 24-gauge) is higher cost but lasts 40–50+ years with virtually no maintenance — ideal for dairy parlors, calf barns and the farmstead house roof.
- MBE specifies anti-condensation underlayment (Dripstop, Condenstop — a felt-backed panel that absorbs and releases moisture safely) on every uninsulated AG-panel job. This is the #1 farmer complaint we hear about previous roof jobs and the easiest one to fix at re-roof time.
- Yes. Minnesota and western Wisconsin snow loads stress old purlins and trusses. We inspect the structure pre-bid and document capacity. Purlin or truss reinforcement is bid as a line item when needed — never hidden or assumed-in.
- If the roof has qualifying hail or wind damage, your farm property policy (Farm Bureau, Nationwide Ag, Federated, Grinnell Mutual, etc.) typically pays full replacement at like-kind-and-quality minus the deductible. Our 99% approval rate means most farms with documented damage replace the roof — often across multiple buildings — for the cost of the deductible.
- Yes. Bin roof replacement is bid by bin manufacturer (Sukup, Brock, GSI) on bin-manufacturer-approved panels to keep the bin warranty intact. Dryer plenum re-flash and leg ladder-cage safety work are coordinated.
- Standard farm-appropriate colors include Burnished Slate, Charcoal, Galvalume, Brick Red, Forest Green, Saddle Tan, Polar White and Stone. Most mills offer 15+ colors with 40-year paint warranties.
- Yes — frequently. Most farmstead jobs include the farmhouse along with the outbuildings. Architectural-shingle (GAF Timberline, Owens Corning Duration) or standing-seam metal on the farmhouse — your call.
- A single machine shed runs 2–4 working days. A multi-building farmstead (parlor + outbuildings) runs 2–4 weeks. Spring and late-summer windows are scheduled around planting and combining.
- Yes. We work routinely with Farm Bureau, Nationwide Agribusiness, Federated, Grinnell Mutual, Westfield, North Star Mutual and AAA Mutual agents and adjusters. Drone documentation and on-site adjuster meetings are standard.
- Two warranties: (1) MBE's Lifetime Workmanship Warranty, transferable; (2) the panel-manufacturer paint and substrate warranty — typically 40 years on standing-seam, 30–40 years on AG-panel.
- Yes — Minnesota Class A residential and commercial license #BC691061, $2,000,000 general liability, full Minnesota workers' compensation. Certificates issued with the farm ownership entity and (where applicable) the lender named as additional insured.
- Same-day for emergency tarping. Same-week for full drone inspection across every building on the farmstead and adjuster meetings. Our St. Croix Falls office is within an hour of most farms in west-central Wisconsin and the eastern Minnesota ag belt.
- Call (612) 750-6051 or request a free inspection online. A senior PM will meet you on the farm within the week — at a time that works around chores and milking — and follow up with a written, line-item proposal in plain farm language.
