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grain from the feed store... worth the extra couple bucks..

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Been buying oats and barley from the local farmers and splitting the difference on what the feed store pays them and what it charges... Working day shift for a little while and no time to visit/wait on them to fill a bag and tell me how bad they have it. Had SWMBO stop at the FS on the way home today and get 50kg each of shelled corn, barley, and beet pulp.... Running the corn and barley thru the roller was like night and day compared to the farmer stuff and she was in and out in ten minutes and they loaded it in her vehicle....... Guess we'll be doin business at the feedstore. Worth the extra bucks in time saved ..

Another thing I noticed today, I roll the barley and crack the corn and put it each in a covered container. 50 kg never quite filled them from the farmer, but a 50kg FS bag wouldn't fit (left a full bucket of each...

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if the farmer grain wasn"t rolled and the feed store grain was... the difference in volume could be the air in it due to the bulking of the volume as the particle size is decreased.
 
It's a little different in central Iowa, go to the COOP and buy shell corn. If you get it from the "feed mill" side of the COOP its full of dust, mold, fines, screenings, burned kernels and other crap. If you get it out of the silos then its #2 yellow dent like the farmer delivered.
 
I buy feed from other farmers and most of the time
it won't be what its supposed to be a 'ton' last Summer was 1560lbs and a few '100lb' sacks were around 80lbs I take the truck to the quarry and weigh on certifid scales.Funny thing is the guy I buy from now sells the feed by 'the bag' no weight indicated and its always 100lbs+.When buying by weight always get it weighed feed or hay.
 
(quoted from post at 14:11:52 10/26/12) if the farmer grain wasn"t rolled and the feed store grain was... the difference in volume could be the air in it due to the bulking of the volume as the particle size is decreased.
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I buy it and roll/crack myself and put it in the same size (and empty) container...
 
Dave I wonder if the grain from the store is dryer than the grain you are getting from the farmers? That would make it grind and roll better. As for the volume being different I wonder if you are getting the full 50 kilos from the farmers?? Was the farmer weighting the grain?? If you where measuring by volume then the test weight and moisture will make that be different.
 
(quoted from post at 00:43:37 10/27/12) Dave I wonder if the grain from the store is dryer than the grain you are getting from the farmers? That would make it grind and roll better. As for the volume being different I wonder if you are getting the full 50 kilos from the farmers?? Was the farmer weighting the grain?? If you where measuring by volume then the test weight and moisture will make that be different.
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That's more what I was getting at.... Not that the farmer was intentionally cheating, just that the feed store pays better attention to what they sell as far as moisture and quality... Maybe a little more accurate scales but not enough to be a showstopper..... Farmer is most likely selling the coop rejects or some extra from what he kept for himself... Big thing to me, is the time saved... both in buying and rolling.......
 
In most states any feed sold to the general public by feed stores has to be labeled as to content and weight and is weighed and analyized on a regular basis by state inspectors.
 
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