Pole barns have long been a staple for construction on the American agricultural scene. Quality steel buildings are quickly replacing pole barns across the nation, however, for many reasons. Pole barns became very popular for two reasons–price and state of technology. Pole barns were renowned as the cheapest way to build an agricultural building and were about the only material of choice to construct the building with. Steel buildings have quickly supplanted pole barns in terms of both price and durability.