You are allowed to for a week but your supposed to declare it, last year they ‘allowed’ it for longer because of the haulage problems.
Grain pads - alternatives to concrete?
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Two weeks time, got to get a rough old shed down first then prepare the site which basically just involves scraping the grass off. Then the guys come and mix the concrete with the soil.
if it works well will be really useful going forward. The pads will only really be used at harvest so shouldn’t get too messed up. Although I went and looked at pads where the guys doing it are based in Norfolk and they looked pretty good despite being used all winter for beet.
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Thanks. I'll watch with interest. We're just concreting a cattle shed, but wonder if this would have done the job. Will only get mucked out 4 times/year, and a stone floor would sort of do the job, but I hate the rutting with telehandler and stone in the FYM.
On this occasion I need to raise floor levels up above flood levels, so I'll go concrete to give me the 6" lift, but otherwise the cement stabilisation might work next time.
ollie989898
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Of course you can tip outside. What's the difference to tipping inside?
Foxcover
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bird sh!t, cat sh!t, dog sh!t, pikey sh!t…
Better than many red tractor sanctioned on farm grain stores!
Foxcover
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I agree!! They don’t see it like that though.
ollie989898
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And you wouldn't get any of those in a crop stood out in the field I suppose?
Foxcover
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That’s a good point but you don’t usually have crop stood out in the field for several months over winter do you, upto 12 months in some cases in grainstore?
No it isn’t
@Feldspar was it you who said an ex assessor told you that there is shocking grain stores that regularly get passed inspection?
I’ve seen some poor ones passed as short term but not long term. But all of them were better than tipping outside. They weren’t falling down or anything. Less chance of contamination than tipping outside in all instances I’ve seen. I have seen smart stores not cleaned out that would have more risk of contamination than old clean ones.
Foxcover
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I’ve seen several myself that I wouldn’t eat my lunch inside, but where do we draw the line r.e dumping grain on soil outside?
So do you think short term tipping outside shouldn’t be allowed?
Yes
Edit if it’s assured. Otherwise fine. Foreign grain often is.
They don’t. You can do it. I’ve certainly seen it done.
Why?
Off topic.
I am sure a hell of a lot of Ukrainian grain will be stored outside this year, IF they can harvest it, and the countries desperate for it will be only too glad of it.
Not good when someone thinks grain can’t be stored outside for at least a month.
Surely any farmer tipping outside will have it moved ASAP as it’s in his own interest, due to birds and deer getting at it.
I am sure a hell of a lot of Ukrainian grain will be stored outside this year, IF they can harvest it, and the countries desperate for it will be only too glad of it.
Not good when someone thinks grain can’t be stored outside for at least a month.
Surely any farmer tipping outside will have it moved ASAP as it’s in his own interest, due to birds and deer getting at it.