Net Weight, Moisture and Fines: Why a 25 kg Bag Plants Less Than You Paid For
The delivery note said 40 bags at 25 kg, one tonne. The buyer’s own check on the loading dock put the average at 24.1 kg, and two bags at 23.4 kg. That is 36 kg short across the pallet, about 3.6 percent, which on a 14,000 dollar order is 500 dollars. Nobody had weighed a bag on arrival before…
