Bin / Dryer Selection Tool
Get a recommended storage & drying configuration based on your farm profile.
Free to use — no sign-up required
Farm Profile
How to Use This Tool
- Choose your crop — corn, wheat, soybean or rice. Each has different safe moisture and test weight.
- Enter annual harvest volume — total tonnes you expect to handle in a season.
- Add peak daily harvest rate — the maximum tonnage you bring in on the busiest day; this drives dryer sizing.
- Set storage duration — how long you need to store grain before sale or use; longer storage means more bin capacity.
- Enter harvest & target moisture — the difference drives drying capacity and energy use.
- Click Get Recommendation — review the configuration, then talk to an engineer for site-specific refinement.
How It Works
The recommendation engine applies four sizing rules based on industry-standard practice:
- Total storage = Annual harvest × (1 + duration/12). Longer storage periods require more bin capacity to buffer inventory.
- Bin count = ceil(total storage / 1,000 t). Splitting capacity across multiple bins allows crop segregation and redundancy.
- Bin type — flat-bottom above ~5,000 t (commercial scale), hopper-bottom below (faster discharge, seed-quality).
- Dryer size = peak daily rate × 0.3, rounded to nearest 10 t/h. Sized to clear the daily intake within an 8-hour shift.
The Selection Tool produces an indicative configuration. Final design must account for site layout, utility capacity, climate, automation level and downstream handling — talk to our engineers for a tailored proposal.
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Our grain storage engineers will tailor a silo, drying or handling solution to your exact site and crop — from farm bin to terminal. Free consultation within 24 hours.