1 - totally not at all familiar with barley, wheat the winter crops tend to have a slightly lower protien content than spring crops, but pretty close.
2 - I've always heard it the other way around as mentioned. Anyhow, the straw should be close on winter to spring crop.
3 - Here in the USA typically small grains are harvested at low enough moisture that they keep 12 months. _Typically_, be careful in an unusual year.... Corn is the crop that typically needs to be dried down to 15% or less, other crops typically get dry enough in the field or with swathing.
4. Grains can varry a bit in weight, so your pile of grain might be bigger or smaller by 10% from one year to the next - be sure to over-build a tad. Depends on actual test weight. Look up the approved weight per bu of your crop, look up the volume of a bu, and you can do the math to get cubic feet per ton. (Or metric versions.)
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