WHY STORE YOUR OWN GRAIN?
14 Reasons for establishing your own grain storage silos
- Less need for large trucks and grain cars as you are not detained at central silos and do not have to make the long runs back and forth.
- Maintaining your optimal harvest rate
- Ability to harvest whenever you like – weekends, after hours, early mornings etc.
- Lower diesel use through shorter unloading distance from field to your own centrally located silos
- Lower risk for accidents, wear and tear, tyre losses etc. During many trips to town and back
- Less labour – drivers, assistants
- Retaining your own screenings – and not paying for the 2% the middle man deducts and keeps, a double wammy.
- Drying your own grain enables you to harvest earlier, get your money, reduce risk and be ready for the next crop.
- Enables you to market your own grain to mills and other processors without commissions or middle men.
- Charging storage for your own pocket to processors drawing their grain over longer periods.
- Gristing your own grain to ensure top grades are always marketed.
- When you eventually sell your farm, silos are capital improvements any buyer will pay for. It increases the value of your farm and has a longer life than any tractor, harvester or other implement.
- Last but not least – your storage cost and handling fees, no matter how discounted, still goes a long way in paying off your own silo.
- Taken all the spin-offs together, you should be able to have a 3-4 year payback on your investment – for the next 30-40 years.
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