Miller Magazine Issue: 125 May 2020

58 MILLER / MAY 2020 Perfect timing is crucial during harvest sea- son, a fact that the Bühler Group has under- stand instantly. Farmers need to make optimal use of dry weather in order to get the ripe grain in from the field at the right time. Nor- bert Graff, in Bavarian Oberpfalz, knows this well. His farm has been managed by his family over multiple generations and is located just a few kilometers from the Pfraundorf agricultur- al site, Germany. The site was established in close collaboration with Bühler in 2017. Since he is a cooperative member, this is where he brings his harvest - up to 300 tons a year. And he is not alone. There are almost 600 other farmers in the region who also store their grain at the Pfraundorf site. In fact, more than 2.9 million people in the Free State of Bavaria are members of more than With a total of eleven silos, a capacity of 10,000 tons and modern machinery, the Pfraundorf grain plant is state-of-the-art and can cope with steadily increasing utilization. "During the plant design, Bühler Group were offered Bühler machines, which have been tried and tested worldwide. Bühler chose the classic aspirator and the grain cleaning machines for the intake area. A grain air pre- cleaner provides a second additional line. Vertical conveyors and horizontal conveyors meet the current state-of-the-art. And then of course there is also an energy-efficient dryer," says Hans-Peter Konrad, Area Sales Manager at Bühler. Efficient harvesting with Bühler