Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk
Silo bags have the potential to increase grain marketing efficiency and to give farmers additional bargaining power. However, silo bags are prone to tearing that can cause grain losses. This article assesses the economic outcomes of storing soybeans in silo bags, as compared to grain commercial stor...
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Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
2021
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| author | Urcola, Hernan Alejandro Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique |
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| description | Silo bags have the potential to increase grain marketing efficiency and to give farmers additional bargaining power. However, silo bags are prone to tearing that can cause grain losses. This article assesses the economic outcomes of storing soybeans in silo bags, as compared to grain commercial storage facilities, considering the risk of grain losses. A bio-economic model of soybean storage is developed and calibrated for Southeastern Argentina. The soybean loss modelling is based on empirical measurements of silo bag losses. Results indicate that both silo bag and grain storage facility profits break-even, with 2% soybean losses. When soybean losses range between 0% and 5%, optimal storage time varies from 8.5 to 9.6 months, respectively. Results show that silo bag storage may not be optimal with 10% losses, and that a 3% price premium can compensate losses of up to 5%. Silo bags constitute a feasible storage alternative that can provided more flexibility to argentine agro industrial system in situations of limited storage capacity or of logistic problems. |
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| spelling | INTA93072023-11-30T12:02:14Z Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk Urcola, Hernan Alejandro Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique Soja Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada Resultados Riesgo Poder Negociador Glycine Max Pérdidas por Almacenamiento Soybeans Controlled Atmosphere Storage Results Risk Bargaining Power Storage Losses Silo Bolsa Silo bags have the potential to increase grain marketing efficiency and to give farmers additional bargaining power. However, silo bags are prone to tearing that can cause grain losses. This article assesses the economic outcomes of storing soybeans in silo bags, as compared to grain commercial storage facilities, considering the risk of grain losses. A bio-economic model of soybean storage is developed and calibrated for Southeastern Argentina. The soybean loss modelling is based on empirical measurements of silo bag losses. Results indicate that both silo bag and grain storage facility profits break-even, with 2% soybean losses. When soybean losses range between 0% and 5%, optimal storage time varies from 8.5 to 9.6 months, respectively. Results show that silo bag storage may not be optimal with 10% losses, and that a 3% price premium can compensate losses of up to 5%. Silo bags constitute a feasible storage alternative that can provided more flexibility to argentine agro industrial system in situations of limited storage capacity or of logistic problems. El silo bolsa tiene el potencial de incrementar la eficiencia del comercio de granos y de dar a los productores un mayor poder de negociación, pero es propenso a sufrir roturas que pueden causar pérdidas de grano. Este artículo evalúa los resultados económicos del almacenamiento de soja en silo bolsa considerando el riesgo de pérdida de granos en comparación con el almacenamiento de soja en un acopio comercial. Se desarrolló y calibró un modelo bioeconómico de almacenamiento y comercialización de soja para el sudeste de Argentina. El proceso de pérdidas de soja modelado se basa en mediciones de las pérdidas experimentadas por silos bolsa reales. Los resultados indican que las ganancias obtenidas utilizando el silo bolsa y el acopio se igualan con 2% de pérdidas de la soja almacenada. Cuando las pérdidas de soja oscilan entre el 0% y el 5%, resulta óptimo almacenar entre 8,5 y 9,6 meses, respectivamente. Los resultados indican que con un 10% de pérdidas, no es óptimo almacenar en el Sb, y que la obtención de un diferencial de precio del 3% puede compensar pérdidas de soja de hasta 5%. Por lo tanto, el Sb constituye una alternativa económicamente factible que puede dotar de mayor flexibilidad al sistema agroalimentario en situaciones de falta de capacidad de almacenaje o de problemas de logística. EEA Balcarce Fil: Urcola, Hernán Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. 2021-05-07T16:04:04Z 2021-05-07T16:04:04Z 2020-12-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9307 https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/4031/2877 0370-4661 (print) 1853-8665 (online) eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UNCuyo 52 (2) : 267–281 (diciembre 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Soja Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada Resultados Riesgo Poder Negociador Glycine Max Pérdidas por Almacenamiento Soybeans Controlled Atmosphere Storage Results Risk Bargaining Power Storage Losses Silo Bolsa Urcola, Hernan Alejandro Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title | Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title_full | Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title_fullStr | Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title_short | Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| title_sort | storing soybeans glycine max in silo bags economic outcomes and grain loss risk |
| topic | Soja Almacenamiento Atmósfera Controlada Resultados Riesgo Poder Negociador Glycine Max Pérdidas por Almacenamiento Soybeans Controlled Atmosphere Storage Results Risk Bargaining Power Storage Losses Silo Bolsa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9307 https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/RFCA/article/view/4031/2877 |
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