Loading grain Aussie style

[malleefarmer]

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Wiseguy

I think the Australians use tractor trains at reasonable speed to the coast but maybe mallee could tell us how far that truck has to go to hit the coast port.

[SASKFARMER3]

nice set up compared to the canadians shit show that is a money maker for grain and rail companies and farmers pay the bills.

[Oliver88]

Westfield augers there.

Are those bins holding grain approximately 4 rings high 25 ft diameter?

Interesting picture malleefarmer.

[jamesb]

I was in Minot last week for a small farm show. Some Australian immigrants are building the "mother bin" in South Dakota. 4000 bu capacity.
http://usakangaroo.com/

[malleefarmer]

Hopefully it will arrive next week 170t wheat

[malleefarmer]

At a guess each field bin would hold 32 to 40 t of wheat.

Taken in West Australia freight between $20 and maybe $40t max suggest this is going direct to port.

We deliver to packer in adelaide for box trade direct to customers but is a middle man freight $20 to a feed mill 50kms away freight 12 to 14 depending on loading location or to local elevator $12 to 18 depending then another $16 rail freight to port.

Our cheapest option direct to port.

Our aim is 400t per day of wheat and barley but is not always achieved due to weather breakdown and transport logistics.

Harvest is about a month late here almost should finish canola today possibly yielding and dont laugh you guys but may average 1.5t per ha not sure what that is in bushels.

Oil content is as high as 49% so when oil bonus are paid should return 570 plus per tonne we get paid extra over 42% of course above mentioned freight to come off.

Not to shabby for us we keep our own canola seed sow at 3kg then 50 kg 11.23.0 at seeding or MAP then a mix of soa/urea is spread at 60kg once only one grass spray and atrazine as well. Pre seeding gets one shot glypho or roundup about 2 weeks before seeding then simazine glypho trefaln mix at seeding and a dessication 12 to 16 days prior to harvest expensive to grow but if we avoid frosts usually profitable

[malleefarmer]

our local elevator there are 20 bunkers in total.
This is known as a b class site around 230,000 tonne and along side rail as you can see gets railed to port every few days as well to keep space but may well fill this year.
Segregation available i think canola h1 h2 apw asw and gp wheat, malt1 commander 1 scope1 bulo\ke malt barleys, feed1 and feed2 barleys

Sites such as this are about every maybe 100km.
Then there are c class sites which have less segregations and may only be 80,000 tonne max many only 40,000 but may take beans lupins oats lentils chickpeas more specific less tonne commodities.
these sites are about evry 60 to 70 kms sort of in between the bigger sites.
then there are a class sites basically at port

bunker sites are tarped.

plus there is on farm storage as well and domestic demand direct to poul;try and dairy and beef feedlots scattered about quite a few options.

Most sites under 5,000 tonne in small towns have basically been shut for maybe last 15 yrs begs the question why hasnt canada got a decent elevator system?

And i forgot cargill have a massive footprint in storage and handling as well some town have pleasure of both and competition. Issue for cargill is still has to go through viterra site at port for export

Hours basically 7am to 8 at night 7days a week only shut for incelement weather they have to close bunkers