GRDC GrowNotes Grain Storage
Aeration running costs
Grain Storage Specialists Chris Warrick and Ben White step through an example to calculate aeration running costs.
Continue readingOn-farm grain storage: Part 1/6 Economics aeration
A simple step by step run through of how to calculate running costs of aeration cooling fans.
Continue readingGrain storage cost benefit analysis template
Use this Excel template in conjunction with chapter 2 of the GRDC Grain Storage GrowNote to calculate if on-farm storage might work for you.
Cost of Grain Storage, Peter Botta – Information Sheet
Economics of on-farm grain storage and drying, APTC 2003
Break Even Grain Storage Model Spreadsheet – Managing on farm Grain Storage, CD
This section is based on the RIRDC Grain Marketing Handbook, which was prepared by Neil Clark and Associates and funded by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and the Grains Research & Development Corporation. Neil Clark and Associates acknowledges assistance from Australian Wheat Forecasters in the preparation of this material. The material on this web–CD was revised by David Webley and edited by Orange Agricultural College. Used by permission.
The spreadsheet linked to the section, The cost of on-farm storage, Break Even Grain Storage Model, was developed for Agriculture Victoria by Peter Botta and Brendan Madden. © Agriculture Victoria. Reproduced by permission.
Select grain stores carefully to control costs, Kondinin Group, Farming Ahead
Farm Grain Storage – What does it cost?, GRDC, Grainsafe