John K.
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Post by John K. on Feb 20, 2010 18:29:54 GMT -5
I'm trying to replicate a farm with 1,500 acres of farmed ground. 300 hay, 400 corn, 500 wheat, and 300 beans. Would somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 bushels of grain storage be enough? Also, about what size combine should I have?
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Post by Austin Stewart on Feb 20, 2010 21:39:07 GMT -5
That is way to much storage for that size of a farm. You are looking at a combine the size of a 1600 CIH, TR something or another, or a JD 9500. That is guessing that the wheat is winterwheat though. If it is spring wheat you would be looking for something slightly larger.
Assuming 60 Bushels/Acre for beans you need 18,000 storage for them
200 bushels/acre for corn that comes out as 80,000 storage
Wheat I would guess at 100 bushels/acre so 50,000
Granted a small farm is not going to be able to afford 148,000 bushels of storage so they would likely store less than half of their crop and the rest would be stored at an elevator. We farm a little more crop wise then you do but we only store around 60,000 at maximum, usually less as a couple bins are used for seed wheat and they are never completely full
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Post by John K. on Feb 21, 2010 1:13:46 GMT -5
Thanks. ;D
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Post by ghurley on Feb 21, 2010 10:03:06 GMT -5
I went to National Farm Machinery Show last weekend and I picked up a booklet from CMC and they have temporary storage rings that are 4 foot tall and from 50 foot wide which is 12000 bushel to 105 foot which is 93,900 bushel One of the sells men quoted us on a 50 footer for about 3800 dollars.Our neighbor went with us and was looking a a couple 20,000 bushel bins with floors, ladders in and out, fans ,sweeps,unloaders for about 23,000 dollars and some 15,000 bushel with all the above for About a $1 for bushel.
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Post by Austin Stewart on Feb 21, 2010 10:30:47 GMT -5
I went to National Farm Machinery Show last weekend and I picked up a booklet from CMC and they have temporary storage rings that are 4 foot tall and from 50 foot wide which is 12000 bushel to 105 foot which is 93,900 bushel One of the sells men quoted us on a 50 footer for about 3800 dollars.Our neighbor went with us and was looking a a couple 20,000 bushel bins with floors, ladders in and out, fans ,sweeps,unloaders for about 23,000 dollars and some 15,000 bushel with all the above for About a $1 for bushel. Those are exactly what they say, temporary. You are just as well off to pack down a high area and just pile the grain straight on the ground. You still have to buy a tarp and prepare the site for both of them. |
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Post by Tomas D. on Feb 21, 2010 11:01:07 GMT -5
That is way to much storage for that size of a farm. You are looking at a combine the size of a 1600 CIH, TR something or another, or a JD 9500. That is guessing that the wheat is winterwheat though. If it is spring wheat you would be looking for something slightly larger. I agree with the too much storage. My grandpa has about that for 3500acres and we are still dumping on the ground. As for the JD 9500 being too small for harvesting that much spring wheat i disagree. We run about 500-1000 acres of wheat through it every year and we are perfectly fine. Personally i would say 50-100,000 bushel grain storage maybe a bit larger. |
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Post by Austin Stewart on Feb 21, 2010 12:13:24 GMT -5
That is way to much storage for that size of a farm. You are looking at a combine the size of a 1600 CIH, TR something or another, or a JD 9500. That is guessing that the wheat is winterwheat though. If it is spring wheat you would be looking for something slightly larger. I agree with the too much storage. My grandpa has about that for 3500acres and we are still dumping on the ground. As for the JD 9500 being too small for harvesting that much spring wheat i disagree. We run about 500-1000 acres of wheat through it every year and we are perfectly fine. Personally i would say 50-100,000 bushel grain storage maybe a bit larger. If it is spring wheat you will be harvesting in the fall around the same time as the soybeans and corn. That gets you up to 1000 acres which would not be a huge deal in wheat but corn and especially soybeans take a lot longer to harvest. Our wheat harvest down here is around 3 weeks while our corn harvest is around 4 1/2. When you try to send double the amount of bushels through a combine it takes longer. |
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Post by ghurley on Feb 21, 2010 13:14:45 GMT -5
I went to National Farm Machinery Show last weekend and I picked up a booklet from CMC and they have temporary storage rings that are 4 foot tall and from 50 foot wide which is 12000 bushel to 105 foot which is 93,900 bushel One of the sells men quoted us on a 50 footer for about 3800 dollars.Our neighbor went with us and was looking a a couple 20,000 bushel bins with floors, ladders in and out, fans ,sweeps,unloaders for about 23,000 dollars and some 15,000 bushel with all the above for About a $1 for bushel. Those are exactly what they say, temporary. You are just as well off to pack down a high area and just pile the grain straight on the ground. You still have to buy a tarp and prepare the site for both of them. But it would ok if everbody in your area had a bumper crop to say and needed somewhere to go with your crop because you can only leave the crop in the feid so long and it would be neat to see one on a display |
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Post by Tomas D. on Feb 21, 2010 13:18:03 GMT -5
I agree with the too much storage. My grandpa has about that for 3500acres and we are still dumping on the ground. As for the JD 9500 being too small for harvesting that much spring wheat i disagree. We run about 500-1000 acres of wheat through it every year and we are perfectly fine. Personally i would say 50-100,000 bushel grain storage maybe a bit larger. If it is spring wheat you will be harvesting in the fall around the same time as the soybeans and corn. That gets you up to 1000 acres which would not be a huge deal in wheat but corn and especially soybeans take a lot longer to harvest. Our wheat harvest down here is around 3 weeks while our corn harvest is around 4 1/2. When you try to send double the amount of bushels through a combine it takes longer. Totally forgot bout corn and soybeans. Im from up north and we dont have much corn or soybeans in our area. Sorry bout that |
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