From here you can see the Warramboo Silo's. If it interests you, a brief history of the silo system on Eyre Peninsula is below. Warramboo is still an operating silo system most recently taking select grades of Wheat & Barley (22/23 season). Across the road is Jacks Hill Rd where the sampling station and weigh bridge are located. Trucks first get sampled to ascertain what grade they are carrying. Then they are weighed, they travel across to the silo system and tip off the grain over a grid. The grain is then augered up into the large silos you can see. Finally, the empty truck goes back over the weighbridge to establish their tare weight and they receive their final weigh-ticket showing all the details of their load.
In 1954 The South Australian Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association established the South Australian Co-Operative Bulk Handling Limited (SACBH) company - a farmer owned company. This was the first time that South Australia moved away from handling bags of grain to a bulk handling system. SACBH established a series of silos to handle bulk grain along a rail corridor to move the grain to deep water ports. Warramboo silos was one of the silo systems established on Eyre Peninsula with grain being transported by rail to Port Lincoln.
In 2000 SACBH changed it's structure from co-operative to a hybrid model AusBulk-UGH. This comprised a public company AusBulk Ltd, which was 51% owned by the grower-owned private company United Grower Holdings (UGH). By 2004 growing pressure by members and outside interests saw the company merge with ABB (Australian Barley Board), which was privatised in 1999. In 2007 ABB was restructured resulting in the loss of grower control over the silo system and in 2009 it was acquired by Viterra. In 2013 Glencore acquired Viterra, but kept the branding in place.