The average $/t your grain actually earned, split by crop and grade, and read against cost of production to give your margin per tonne. Basis — the gap between your farm-gate price and the port indicator — is the part of the price you can manage through storage and timing.
Grain prices are cyclical and grade-driven — benchmark your $/t against the port and track price against your own cost of production rather than a fixed number, since the milling-to-feed spread alone can be $40–100/t.
Grain Trade Australia ↗A widening gap to the market indicator signals better marketing — meeting spec, storing to sell into stronger windows, capturing basis — not just a better market. It turns the same tonnes into more income.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Sell to grade and spec to avoid feed discounts on milling-quality grain.
Use on-farm storage to sell into stronger price windows, not at harvest.
Manage basis and freight to lift the farm-gate share of the port price.
The average $/t your grain actually earned, split by crop and grade, and read against cost of production to give your margin per tonne. Basis — the gap between your farm-gate price and the port indicator — is the part of the price you can manage through storage and timing.
You need: Gross sales by parcel ($), Tonnes sold by grade (t). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grain prices are cyclical and grade-driven — benchmark your $/t against the port and track price against your own cost of production rather than a fixed number, since the milling-to-feed spread alone can be $40–100/t.
Sell to grade and spec to avoid feed discounts on milling-quality grain. Use on-farm storage to sell into stronger price windows, not at harvest. Manage basis and freight to lift the farm-gate share of the port price.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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