10 comparison points between the three storage systems most used by Romanian farmers: metal silage, metal warehouse and silobag.

We are on the verge of a new harvest campaign and every farmer has different needs, that is why Grain Bags specialists set out to present 10 strengths of three of the most used storage systems for grain and oilseed crops.

1. Customized storage solutions

Depozitarea reprezintă o tehnologie vitală pentru orice fermier, iar alegerea metodei potrivite de stocare a recoltei, poate aduce cu sine o creștere consistentă a veniturilor. Astfel încât, dacă fermierul depozitează recolta în siguranță și așteptă momentul în care va primi un preț mai avantajos, își poate face o strategie fără să mai fie la mâna prețurilor mici din piață, moment care coincide adesea cu cel al recoltării.

Compania Grain Bags România își propune să vină în întâmpinarea nevoilor fermierilor – oferind soluții de depozitare personalizate, în funcție de necesitățile fiecăruia. Grain Bags are specialiști cu experiență atât pe partea de depozitarea în silobag, cât și în hală sau siloz.

„Am început să discutăm cu mai multe companii, care oferă servicii de depozitare a cerealelor și furajelor, cu obiectivul de a crea colaborări solide, de lungă durată, ce ne vor permite să direcționăm fermierul spre soluția optimă, de care are nevoie acesta, fie că vorbim de siloz metalic, hală metalică sau silobag. Pe partea de hale metalice, am legat deja o strânsă colaborare cu firma Frisomat. În acest fel, Grain Bags România va activa sub noul slogan: «Specialistul tău în depozitare eficientă și economică!»” – explică Narcis Ranghiuc, director general Grain Bags România.

În cele ce urmează, expunem 10 puncte esențiale de comparație, între trei sisteme de depozitare, unele dintre cele mai folosite de fermieri din România și anume: siloz metalic, hală metalică și silobag.

1. What type of farmer does it address:
– Silage: medium and large farmers
– Warehouse: medium and large farmers
– Silobag: small, medium and large farmers

2. Building permit required:
– Silage: Yes
– Warehouse: Yes
– Silobag: No

3. Time needed to prepare the storage space:
– Silage: 3-5 months
– Warehouse: minimum 3 weeks
– Silobag: 30 min – 1 hour

4. Space required for storage placement:
– Silage: small space because the location is vertical, the cells diameter is 12 m or 14 m
– Warehouse: minimum 300 sqm
– Silobag: from 210 sq m to 420 sq m (depending on the chosen silobag)

5. Amounts that can be stored:
– Silage: minimum 500 tons, maximum 5,000 tons
– Warehouse: minimum 500 tons, up to thousands of tons
– Silobag: from a minimum of 200 tons to a maximum of 400 tons/silobag

6. What can be stored:
– Silage: grain, oilseeds, feed etc.
– Warehouse: it can be multifunctional, for storing grain or parking agricultural machinery
– Silobag: grain, oilseeds, feed, different types of waste, road salt etc.

7. Estimated losses:
– Silage: 1-1.5%
– Warehouse: 1-1.4%
– Silobag: 0.1%

8. System loading speed:
– Silage: 100-150 tons/hour (automated grain transport equipment)
– Warehouse: depends on the chosen loading method (front loaders or conveyor belts)
– Silobag: 60-100 tons/h (with special loading/unloading equipment)

9. Maintenance costs:
– Silage: Yes (below 1 euro/ton)
– Warehouse: No
– Silobag: No

10. Storage period:
– Silage: 2-3 years
– Warehouse: maximum 1 year
– Silobag: maximum 2 years

2. Farmers' opinions about storage systems

Don’t sell at harvest, prices can increase even by 100%.

“I met farmers focused only on field losses, meaning the 1% from combine and 2-10% from production losses, depending on the technologies they use. Instead, more important is the sale moment. Last year, for example, sunflower had a 100% increase. I think this is the main silobag advantage, it allows farmers to make the right choice, depending on the market evolution. Farmers must follow the worldwide offer, not only the regional or national price offer” – Ionel Apostu, Prutul SA Silos Division manager.

Buying a quality warehouse means investing in the future of your farm
“We are too poor to afford cheap things. Whoever understands, wins. If you choose the cheap option, then also the resistance will be questionable. Buying a quality warehouse means investing in the future of your farm. Why do we invest in high-tech machinery? Because we want to ensure long-term investment and performance. So is a Frisomat warehouse, very resistant and you don’t have additional annual maintenance costs!” – Gabriel Stanciu, SismadAgro farmer and Frisomat Romania partner.

Silobag is a permanent technology in the Big Island of Brăila
“Now I can speak from experience and the results obtained made me change the technology. Just as each of us has the sown technology, weed control, treatments, harvesting, we also have silobag technology as permanent. We almost no longer conceive of sowing wheat, corn, barley, soy, without the silobag storage technology” – Lucian Buzdugan, supervisor at Grup Aldahra-Agricost.

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