Business operating for 90 years, 4th generation now. Started exporting in 1963. Business is predimnately export, some domestic sales in dry years. Export hay to Singapore, Korea & Japan for dairy cattle & race horses. Horsham & Kapunda factory annual output is 140,000 tons oaten hay & 150,000 tons straw. The adjoining pellet factory is 15,000 tons. pellets made of straw, grain & mineral additives. Bagging machine 10 pallets hr, most bus is bulk. Make 9mm (70% business) & 6 mm pellets. Aim to make as much feed as they can for countries that can't make their own roughage.
Factory plant works around the clock with 4 hours for preventative mainenetance. Hay is inloaded 7am - 3pm daily (3 men) Don't store much on-site. X-ray machines pick up any foreign material like animal carcase, large sticks, bits of metal from machinery etc.
Bales generally 700kg, put onto automated processing plant to compact bales for shipment . compressed into 25kg butts, 5 to a 125kg log. Easy for end users to purchase small quantites as required. Into factory probably average about $200/ton. Sells in Japan for about $600/ton. 4 men operate the bale compression plant each shift.
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