Silos

[aussieruss]

How come I never see silos on farms to store grain I have seen timber storage sheds I have seen small silos on chicken farms none on general farms is there a reason for this? regards Russell

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[jamescollister]

Think it's just that most sell their rice and only keep enough too eat, so one of those little stilt sheds is all they need. Not OZ where a guy harvests 1000 of tons and has to store it until sale. Jim

[aussieruss]

I think it was 2 years ago some government department were giving low or no intrest loans for grain storage but I can't see anyone took up there offer maybe only the big boys in Bkk regards Russell

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[IsaanAussie]

Most rice merchants store the bulk rice in concrete boxes in sheds. Mostly to do with the handling equipment available, more to the point not available. Large front end loaders and trucks is about it. The large rice mills are about the first place you will find grain elevators etc.. At farm level the largest container is still humped manually so it is a 50kg sack.

But things are changing. It was not so long ago that you rarely saw a combine around here but now they are harvesting more each year. The harvesters are also evolving from bags to bulk. That may well mean more larger volumes but access into the farms to load large trucks and road loading limitations still remain issues now.

Another issue is the weather. For rain fed rice the wet season is over before harvest so even if the rice is wet it can be sun dried by most farmers. More grain dryers are slowly appearing at some of the intermediate sized mills.

Edited June 17, 2012 by IsaanAussie