Grain bin costs?

[Clive]

Ball park figures what would 1000t grain silos cost each these days please?

 

[B R C]

I can’t believe you are even asking, I mean what future use does a grain silo have apart from, er, grain storage. Unless you are considering starting up a central storage scheme…..
Be interesting to compare to shed though..

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

I can’t believe you are even asking, I mean what future use does a grain silo have apart from, er, grain storage. Unless you are considering starting up a central storage scheme…..
Be interesting to compare to shed though..

Class q conversion?

 

[yellow belly]

If you know you will grow a minimum area then bins are the most cost effective storage system especially if you plan to store for 6 months

not every where has alternative uses for building

the uk will always need 6 million tonnes wheat for milling and 2 million tonnes barley 2 million Tonnes of osr
half of it needs to be stored for 6 months

using farming planning permission as a back door to more lucrative use should be taxed heavily

 

[B R C]

You could be right a 1000t bin conversion could be quite interestin.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

You could be right a 1000t bin conversion could be quite interestin.

 

[Wigeon]

I see it's bin done before...

I'll get my coat

 

[Spencer]

@Daniel

 

[Dave b]

I had a quote from Perry of Oakley for around 600t last year (3 bins) and it was around 140k. So I stuck to a shed!

 

[Clive]

I had a quote from Perry of Oakley for around 600t last year (3 bins) and it was around 140k. So I stuck to a shed!

i guess cost per tonne falls with size? thats crazy money for a 600t store

 

[Dave b]

I’ve been trying to find the quote on my emails but I’ll have another go. My quote was for 2 drying floors and intake and loading system. From memory the actual bin prices were ok it’s all the extra stuff which puts the costs up

 

[Flat 10]

@Daniel just built a lovely looking thing

 

[Farmer Roy]

i guess cost per tonne falls with size? thats crazy money for a 600t store

I built a 650 tonne silo ( admittedly 10 years ago now ), including concrete base, aeration & unloading augers, for $84 K

bigger sizes are always more cost effective than smaller, but then you do lose the flexibility of being able to segregate various grades / qualities or different crops / varieties

 

[Farmer Roy]

Phil Christie’s set up at Bellatta ( west of Moree NSW )

 

[Farmer Roy]

My 650 t

that blue auger was about $30K, but does pump about 200 t / hr

 

[Farmer Roy]

IF you are a SERIOUS grain grower, then bins / silos are the ONLY way to go for long term storage, maintaining quality & insect / pest control, and also for segregation or blending of different grades & quality, or for different crop types.
If you are more of a small time property developer than a real farmer & are looking at ways to get around planning rules, then yeah, sheds might be the go for you . . .

yeah, sheds ARE cheaper per tonne of storage, but are only really useful for short term storage of bulk generic low quality “feed” grains. Not so good for long term storage ( which you can get paid for by the buyers - we call it “carry” ) of quality milling grades though. Suppose that’s not such an issue in the UK

 

[Flatlander]

1100t in three hopper bottom bins with aeration ,fans temperature cables and built on site cost me 138k canadian Dollars concrete,rebar and gravel was another 50k give or take a few hundred bucks. All site prepared and concrete poured by ourselves at the farm plus a couple of colony friends. Hard graft for four hours but saved a small fortune getting it laid. Hoppers were the expensive part I feel but the Loading auger we already use to fill other bins and no other infrastructure needed. Should last me out and still retain a decent value for the next generation.

 

[tw15]

Ball park figures what would 1000t grain silos cost each these days please?

Shed shed just put a shed up Clive . Getting worried now that you are losing your touch even thinking about grain silos .

 

[Rob Holmes]

Aren’t grain silos classed as plant so are very tax efficient?

 

[FarmerBruce]

Aren’t grain silos classed as plant so are very tax efficient?

Grain stores (sheds) are now too