Economics of using on-farm aeration grain storage
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Paper/Presentation Title | Economics of using on-farm aeration grain storage |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Nawi, Nazmi Mat (Author) and Chen, Guangnan (Author) |
Editors | Banhazi, T. M. and Saunders, C. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference of the Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg 2007) |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.ncea.org.au/seag/Conference.html |
Conference/Event | SEAg 2007: Agriculture and Engineering - Challenge Today, Technology Tomorrow |
Event Details | SEAg 2007: Agriculture and Engineering - Challenge Today, Technology Tomorrow Event Date 24 to end of 26 Sep 2007 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
Abstract | A grain harvest simulation model is developed using MATLAB to examine the economics of using on-farm aeration grain storage to minimise the impact of weather damage during harvest. The comparison of return for grain production with and without on-farm aeration is simulated using 10 years (1996-2005) weather data for Goondiwindi, Queensland. The simulation result shows that the grain growers with on-farm aeration grain storage can obtain up to 8% higher return compared with grain growers without the on-farm aeration grain storage facility when grain is harvested between 16 to 22% moisture content (wet basis). At these higher moisture contents, an aerated storage with higher capacity is generally more economical than with a smaller capacity. |
Keywords | aerated storage; simulation model; economics; grain |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380101. Agricultural economics |
300408. Crop and pasture post harvest technologies (incl. transportation and storage) | |
409901. Agricultural engineering | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y915/economics-of-using-on-farm-aeration-grain-storage
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