Industry solution / Grain, feed, and agriculture

Grain, Feed, and Agriculture Silo and Warehouse Inventory Automation

Volivue provides legged silo patch-mount weighing, 80GHz radar level, and 3D LiDAR grain warehouse and pellet store scanning for grain storage elevators, oilseed processors, feed mills, and agricultural storage facilities — covering all silo and flat-store inventory types.

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Volivue inventory monitoring across steel grain silos at a feed mill with radar and patch-mount weighing — Grain, feed, and ingredient silos on one inventory layer.

Industry pain points

Inventory management challenges in grain, feed, and agriculture

Worker checking grain level by opening a silo roof hatch at a feed mill — Hatch checks expose grain to weather and people to falls.

01
Frequent stock surveys have high error margins
Grain and feed ingredients carry high unit value and seasonal price swings, but silo surveys rely on manual climbing or estimation — results are delayed and inaccurate for quality audit and financial reporting.
02
Granular materials form irregular piles
Corn, soybeans, and meal form conical or irregular piles inside silos; a single point distance reading cannot represent total inventory; weighing or 3D scanning is more appropriate.
03
Multi-bin data cannot be consolidated easily
Inventory data from multiple silos, flat stores, and remote locations cannot be aggregated in real time, leaving purchasing and sales decisions data-lagged.
04
Grain safety requires inventory-linked monitoring
Grain condition changes (temperature, humidity, insect activity) are connected to fill level; a unified inventory and grain condition monitoring platform reduces loss risk.

Volivue solution architecture for grain, feed, and agriculture

Volivue radar level on grain silo roofs and patch-mount weighing on legged ingredient bins — Radar for tall grain silos, weighing for legged ingredient bins.

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Patch-mount weighing system (preferred for legged silos)
Sensors attach externally to support legs; AI algorithms deliver real-time inventory weight and in/out trend. Suitable for 2–12 legged grain or feed silos with no emptying or production stoppage required.
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02
80GHz radar level system (sealed silo level)
Non-contact narrow-beam radar penetrates grain dust and granule reflection to deliver reliable level signals for soybeans, meal, corn, and other sealed silos.
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03
3D LiDAR grain warehouse and pellet store scanning
3D scanning of flat-store grain piles or irregular pellet stores calculates precise volume, with data connected to ERP grain inventory management systems.
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Business value

Quantified benefits and risk reduction

Feed mill planner using Volivue dashboard for ingredient reorder planning — Reorder alarms replace guesswork across seasonal demand.

01
Improve grain silo inventory accuracy
Patch-mount weighing and 3D scanning deliver more accurate inventory data than manual surveys, meeting quality audit, financial, and grain storage compliance requirements.
02
Optimize purchasing and sales decisions
Real-time inventory data gives procurement and sales teams a reliable basis for planning, reducing overstock and stockout risks driven by data lag.
03
Reduce manual climb-and-check risk
Eliminates the need to climb into silos or stores for manual measurement, lowering fall and dust-exposure incident risk in line with grain storage safety standards.
04
Support multi-bin consolidated reporting
All silo and store data consolidates through the cloud platform or API, giving purchasing, finance, and warehouse teams a single real-time inventory view.