Grain Handling Articles
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Ruminants: The importance of feed analysis
Why is it important to have a high-quality feed? The quality of ruminant feed is directly linked with milk production, animal health, as well as farm performance. As feed costs represent a significant number of the total production costs, it is crucial to ensure feed nutritional values and quality throughout the whole year. Therefore, the intake of superior quality TMR and silages can help to ...
By SOILCARES
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Taking inventory - new digital tool helps monitor what’s in your bins
Seamlessly connect to your grain bins to help manage grain quality and time It’s been a tough growing season and growers have been working hard for every bushel this year. It’s important to not let those efforts go to waste, part of that means getting the most out of their operation.. When grain is shipped, growers want to make sure they know how much is in their bins and that it ...
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Zeolite and Mycotoxins: Ochratoxin Detoxication of Animal Feed by KMI Zeolite
General statement: Zeolites are crystalline hydrated aluminosilicates with remarkable physical and chemical properties, which include losing and receiving water in a reverse way, adsorbing molecules that act as molecular sieves, and replacing their constituent cations without structural change. They have the ability to lose and gain water reversibly, to adsorb molecules of appropriate ...
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Electrical Installation Lighting Silos – Grain Storage Bases - Case Study
The electrical lighting installation is a vital element in grain silos and factories, having a significant impact on the efficiency of operations and the safety of workplaces. Both on elevated walkways and in technological channels, correct and well-designed lighting is essential for the optimal performance of ...
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The 5 Ws of on-farm fleet management
When you hear the words “farm fleet,” you might picture a large operation with dozens of pick-up trucks and a long lineup of colour-coordinated tractors, sprayers, swathers and combines. But when it comes to managing and protecting these sizable investments, the quantity doesn’t matter (and neither do make, model or colour). “Even farms with just five to 10 pieces of ...
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Coop Adds Second Dryer - Case Study
In 2009-10, Wheaton Dumont Coop Elevator undertook a major overhaul of its grain elevator in Wheaton, MN (320-563-8152), add- ing more than 2 million bushels of storage and replacing much of the grain handling ...
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6 Series PTO Shaft – Replacement of Bondioli & Pavesi PTO Shaft
A 6-Series PTO (Power Take-Off) shaft is a form of the shaft made of metal that is utilized for transferring power to a tractor or another source of power to a device or attachment. Its "6 Series" designation refers to the standard dimensions and specs of the shaft such as its length, diameter, and the spline's profile. PTO shafts of the 6 Series are often employed in agricultural applications ...
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Floating fish feed making device as well as grinder cost
Nowadays, family members farming is becoming an increasing number of usual. Lately, numerous farmers have required consultation of tiny floating fish feed making machine Usually, they raise pigs, hens, bunnies, fish, etc in your home. The required outcome is not high. There are corn, soybean dish, and so on at home, so if you intend to make full use these resources to prepare homemade fish feed. ...
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Why You May Want To Purchase A Rice Husk Carbonizer
The harvesting of rice is certainly a profitable business. This the type of food that is used by just about any country. Once the harvesting is done, the residue in the harvest is usually utilized for fertilizer. Or else, it may be sent to other areas for processing. This may be a costly endeavor which may cut in the profits of any business that may be harvesting rice. However, if you could ...
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Ozone for Grain Storage
The loss of grain in storage relating to or resulting from living things such as insects, pests, rodents, and fungi and form physical rather than biological such as temperature or moisture lead to global losses that exceed 80 million metric tons in grain storage. Most of the time, Aluminium Phosphide is used for fumigation, though it can be dangerous. Also, insects and pests have developed ...
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Be harvest ready
Use farm management software to create the ultimate harvest prep checklist Even in that moment of relative quiet prior to harvest, the busy weeks ahead are beginning to occupy your mind. Will you be ready for everything simultaneously coming your way? Production volume, quality, people, equipment and safety all factor into what is arguably the busiest time of your year. The ability to plan ...
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Improving Cereal Storage Facilities with Gas Sensing
Storage of cereal crops and other foodstuffs is an essential part of ensuring a sustainable and robust food supply. Cereal crops are typically harvested between mid-July to mid-September but with careful storage can be kept for periods longer than a year.1 Successful storage of cereals involves the balance of a variety of environmental conditions to ensure the maintenance of quality and the ...
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Full cattle feed pellet device offer for sale
livestock feed pellet maker is an expert tools for generating feed. It is another brand-new product developed and launched by the superb technological team of Richi Equipment after years of follow-up on the site of individuals and soaking up sensible tips. Cattle feed pelleting equipment SZLH Collection Ring Die Pellet Equipment is a new kind of feed handling equipment individually created ...
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Anderson Hay and Grain Facility, Wilmington, CA
Anderson Hay and Grain contracted ENC to perform a noise study on their industrial facility in Wilmington, CA, to determine if operational noise emissions exceeded the City of Los Angeles’ noise code standards. ENC surveyed the unmitigated facility and determined that they were out of compliance and that noise mitigation was required. ENC provided a noise control plan to reduce the noise ...
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Biomass Storage Overview
As the demand for natural materials and alternative energy sources has grown, so has the number of investments in biomass facilities. We’ve witnessed a striking number of new biomass power plants and pellet mills that utilize wood in the past decade. We’ve also seen investments into processing nonwoody, cellulosic materials like hemp, miscanthus, stover, and rice straw, to name a few. ...
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Wheat harvest quality: how to improve grain filling for high TKW and high protein rate
Thousand kernel weight (TKW) is a yield component, and protein rate is a price component. Both are important parameters to farmers and depend on photosynthetical activity as well as nitrogen availability. Up to 50% of photosynthetical activity of wheat is due to the flag ...
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How to store feed pellet
During the rainy season, the air humidity is relatively high. If the feed is not stored properly, it is easy to become moldy and deteriorate. Various nutrients in the moldy feed are destroyed, the nutritional quality of the feed decreases, and even its utilization value is completely lost. After livestock and poultry eat moldy and rotten feed, toxins will accumulate in the animal's body, causing ...
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Tips for a Safe and Productive Harvest
As harvest begins all over the country, we, at Ag Leader, want to do our part to turn an often stressful season into a safe and successful one. Below are some tips to keep in mind as you’re working throughout the harvest ...
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MILAS: springboard to the future for Vitelia Voeders
The search for an ERP solution that would better meet the needs of today and leave enough space for the possibilities of tomorrow, led animal feed manufacturer Vitelia Voeders to Adifo. The powerful combination of Adifo’s sector-specific ERP flagship MILAS and Microsoft Dynamics 365 turned out to perfectly meet Vitelia Voeders’ demand. The result: a customer ready for further growth ...
By BESTMIX
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Don`t Let Skilled Labor Shortage Keep You from a Productive Harvest
During the busy harvest season, the last thing you need is errors caused by miscommunication—especially when they involve the grain cart. Unfortunately, all too often, farmers encounter: Difficulty finding qualified grain cart drivers Problems communicating with the grain cart operator Grain cart drivers not understanding which part of the field to drive on Delays in ...
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