On-farm storage gives graingrowers control

18 November 2014

With the construction and commissioning of an extra 4000 tonnes of on-farm grain storage, Wimmera graingrower Justin Ruwoldt is "taking control of our own destiny".

The Ruwoldt family enterprise grows wheat, barley, canola, chickpeas, faba beans, lentils and peas at Kewell, 40 kilometres north of Horsham. Four 1000 tonne Superior Commercial Bin storages are being completed by AgHub Industries in time to receive the first of the Ruwoldts' 2014-15 harvest.

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Making Corn Profitable at Mathoura

02 March 2014

A Riverina grain grower has found that on-farm drying of corn is not only possible but affordable, and an easy way to retain more profit margin for the enterprise.

John Hibma at Mathoura is one farmer in the mid-Murray Valley who sought greater value and return out of his land, water allocations and irrigation infrastructure by expanding the cropping program on his 1820 hectare (4500 acre) property.

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