Agriculture, Soil, Fertilizer & Farm Operations worked example
Grain Drying Shrink at 5.75% acceptable shrink threshold: a worked example
This scenario runs the grain drying shrink calculation on the strong side: 5.75% acceptable shrink threshold, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it to compare moisture shrink, handling loss, or elevator shrink against a harvest plan threshold.
The inputs for this scenario
- Shrink or handling loss (bushels): 750 bu (unchanged)
- Wet bushels before drying: 15,000 bu (unchanged)
- Acceptable shrink threshold: 5.75 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 5)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Grain shrink percent = shrink bushels / wet bushels x 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 5 % for grain shrink percent, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 0.75 points for shrink above threshold.
- At this operating point the engine returns 750 count for shrink bushels.
- At this operating point the engine returns 15,000 count for wet bushels.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where acceptable shrink threshold sits at 5% and the headline result is 5 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 5 %.
- Use it when reconciling wet-weight tickets against dry storage counts, comparing dryer settings, or auditing a season's bin-to-bin loss. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.
Results at a glance
- Grain shrink percent: 5 % (headline result)
- Shrink above threshold: 0.75 points
- Shrink bushels: 750 count
- Wet bushels: 15,000 count
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Grain Drying Shrink calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.