Grain Baggers-Wisdom Required

[SASKFARMER3]

Emptied our bags in late April went malt and I sold rest for seed Germinated just wonderful.
But its air tight so its sealed. Can you breath with a bag over your head no. And the grain cools down so no sweating. Its something new in Canada that's been used other places for years.

[gregpet]

Heard at a meeting that malsters will not accept barley that has been stored in bags and Quaker Oats will not accept oats that has been stored in bags since it turns the groat black. Maybe from lack of O2?

[SASKFARMER3]

OK all the rumors are true.
Come on guys I heard this i heard that.
What should we all do Pile on Ground like They do with our oats.

[gregpet]

Wasn't a rumor, heard it at the board table coming from our manager who talked to the malty and Quaker.

[SASKFARMER3]

But its OK for them once they buy your crop to put in big piles on the ground that some spoils, Oh that's a lost litre, that's OK Is it just me or are 80% of farmers just plain not in the real world, they will believe any thing someone tells them without checking it out.
Put in bags then transfer to hopper bin when Semi comes to deliver to them.

[gregpet]

Just passing on the information I received not passing any judgement.

[parsley]

Or maybe gregpet IS in the real world. (Sometimes we just don't want to hear information).

Some bags could even prevent a sale.

If you consider what you grow as food, some recycled material made into bags is not exactly what some processors are courting.(Elephant placenta mixed with magpie dung) Kidding, SKFarmer.

#1 SMELL your bags

#2. Ask your end-user.

# 3. If you are buying bags anew, keep in mind the quality of the bags.

#4. Keep an open mind

Food processors' requirements are constantly changing.

Parsley

[SASKFARMER3]

Grain bins Galvanized made from Scrap material, Smell your bin look at cost, oh crap just put on ground like Oat processors and let her rot.

[mbratrud]

We used a bagger for Malt Barley last year, as well as many of my clients who used them for everything from Malt, Durum, Lentils, Peas ect. All had good experience. Just a few things we learned though. Keep out of areas with high wildlife trafic. Away from trees and rivers and dugouts, and if these areas are unavoidable put up an electric fence. Make sure the bag is nice and straight. Works best if you have a Grain Cart. The biggest down fall is ALL THE WASTED PLASTIC! the bags are useless to many farmers when you done.