Facility Logistics, Simplified

Move more grain.
Wait less.

Smarter scheduling, real-time yard visibility, and streamlined workflows for grain elevators, crush plants, and fertilizer terminals. Cut wait times, increase throughput, and keep every truck moving.

Your Facility — Live Dashboard

Live
140
Trucks Today
22min
Avg Wait
96%
On-Time
Hourly throughput

Turn truck chaos into grain flow.

Every hour a truck idles in line costs money, burns fuel, and erodes trust with the partners who keep your facility running.

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Unpredictable Arrivals

Trucks show up in waves, whether it's harvest, fertilizer season, or a Tuesday in February. You're either overwhelmed or idle.

3–5 hr peak wait times at busy facilities
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Phone Tag All Day

"When can I deliver?" repeated 40 times before lunch.

60% of manager time on coordination
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Zero Visibility

No idea what's in the yard until you walk outside and count.

0 real-time data points today
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Lost Throughput

Unbalanced lanes, idle pits, processing lines waiting on supply, and missed rail windows.

15–30% capacity left on the table
How It Works

From chaos to cadence in five steps.

1

Set your capacity

Define lane capacity, operating hours, slot duration, and commodity rules for each day. GrainFlow generates bookable time slots automatically.

Site Admin
2

Farmers book & negotiate

Partners browse available slots and propose deliveries. Site staff can accept, counter-propose, or reschedule — all in the app, no phone calls needed.

Farm AdminSite Admin
3

Drivers get assigned & confirmed

Farm owners assign drivers to confirmed deliveries. Drivers see their schedule with estimated load, drive, unload, and return times.

Farm AdminDriver
4

Trucks arrive — cameras count

Computer vision tracks every truck entering and leaving your yard. The dashboard shows real-time queue depth, wait times, and lane status — no manual counting.

Site Admin
5

Deliveries complete & data flows back

Record weights, grades, and ticket numbers at unload. Data flows back to your contract system automatically. Inventory forecasts adjust in real time.

Site AdminFarm Admin

Same facility. Different day.

See what changes when scheduling, visibility, and communication work together.

❌ Without GrainFlow

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Trucks arrive unannounced 20 trucks in the first hour, then nothing until 2pm.
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Scheduling by phone & text Manager fields 40+ calls before noon. Mistakes happen.
Drivers wait 2–4 hours Engines idle. Fuel burns. Farmers get frustrated and post about it.
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Capacity surprises Bins fill unexpectedly. Processing lines go idle. Fertilizer demand spikes with no visibility.
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Scheduling blind to commitments No link between what's promised and what's arriving. Deliveries and contracts live in separate worlds.

✅ With GrainFlow

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Scheduled, staggered arrivals Capacity-aware slot booking spreads trucks across the day.
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Self-serve scheduling app Farmers book, reschedule, and confirm from their phone. Zero calls.
Average wait under 25 minutes Drivers arrive on-time, get unloaded, and get back to the field.
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Inventory forecasting See bin levels, predict fill dates, and plan outloads proactively.
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Contract-aware scheduling Scheduling knows your commitments — integrates with your existing system or helps you go digital for the first time.

The numbers that matter.

What operators see after going live with GrainFlow.

40%
Reduction in average truck wait time
3–5%
Increase in daily throughput (same lanes, same crew)
90%
Fewer scheduling phone calls to the office
+35
NPS improvement with partner farmers after one year
Who It's For

Built for agricultural facilities.

GrainFlow works wherever unpredictable truck arrivals meet limited loading or unloading capacity.

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Grain Elevators

Inland terminals handling harvest-season truck surges. The core use case.

Crush & Processing Plants

Canola, soybean, and oilseed facilities requiring continuous inbound supply coordination.

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Fertilizer Terminals

Seasonal distribution hubs managing spring and fall shipping peaks.

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Seed Plants

Processing and distribution facilities with mixed inbound and outbound traffic.

The Platform

Everything your facility needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

Six capabilities that work together to turn a chaotic yard into a predictable, high-throughput operation.

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Smart Scheduling

Capacity-aware slot booking with propose-and-confirm negotiation. Contract-smart — works with your existing systems or supports first-time digital adoption. No more phone tag.

Site + Farm
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Capacity Planning & Goals

Set inbound targets against outbound or processing needs. Check feasibility, then generate months of delivery proposals in one click.

Strategic
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Yard Intelligence

Computer vision counts trucks in real-time. Know your queue depth, wait times, and lane utilization without leaving your desk.

Camera AI
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Driver & Fleet Management

Assign drivers, confirm trips, track availability, and estimate delivery timelines with 4-phase time blocks.

Farm + 3PL
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Inventory & Forecasting

Track bin levels, set accumulation goals, and forecast when you'll hit capacity. Plan outloads before you're full.

Proactive
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Multi-Site Dashboard

One view across all your facilities. Throughput, wait times, deliveries, and alerts — updated in real-time.

Executive
Capacity Planning & Goals

Schedule months of deliveries
in a few clicks.

Your contracts say what needs to arrive. Your bins say what you can hold. Your rail windows say when it needs to ship. GrainFlow connects all three and turns them into a feasible, capacity-aware delivery plan — automatically.

The same logic works across facility types: coordinate continuous canola supply into a crush plant, or manage seasonal outbound shipping peaks at a fertilizer terminal.

  1. Set an inbound goal Define a target: "25,000 bu wheat by April 5th" to meet a rail car loading window, a processing schedule, or an outbound shipping commitment.
  2. Check feasibility instantly GrainFlow analyzes your current bin levels, active contracts, lane capacity, and operating hours. It tells you if the goal is achievable — and what needs to change if it isn't.
  3. Review the generated schedule A week-by-week delivery plan is generated automatically, spread across your available capacity slots and matched to the right contracts.
  4. One-click propose to partners Hit "Apply Schedule" and delivery proposals go out to every partner farm. They accept, counter-propose, or confirm — all in the app. Weeks of phone calls replaced by one button.

Wheat Accumulation Goal

Your Facility
Target 25,000 bu by Apr 5
Current inventory 22,000 bu
Remaining 3,000 bu needed
Contracts available 30,000 bu (2 contracts)
88% toward goal 30 days remaining

Feasible. 3,000 bu can be scheduled across 2 loads in the next 3 weeks without exceeding daily lane capacity.

Suggested schedule
Week 1
1
1,500 bu
Week 2
1
1,500 bu
Week 3
0
Buffer
Apr 5
Goal met
Sends capacity-aware proposals to your partner farms. They confirm in the app.
Lane 1 — Inbound
CAM-013 trucks
Lane 2 — Scale
CAM-021 truck
Pit — Unload
CAM-032 trucks
Lane 3 — Outbound
CAM-040 trucks
6
In Yard
18m
Avg Wait
4.2/hr
Throughput
Yard Intelligence

Eyes on your yard.
24/7. No staff needed.

Mount cameras at your lanes and let GrainFlow's computer vision do the rest. Counts trucks, measures queue depth, and alerts you before bottlenecks form.

  • Real-time truck counting at every lane and pit
  • Automatic wait time calculation — no ticket pulling
  • Congestion predictions before the line backs up
  • Spill & dust detection for safety compliance
  • Works with your existing IP cameras — no new hardware
  • Historical trends for capacity planning and staffing
When Plans Change

Plans go sideways. What matters is how you react.

Yard Intelligence and Smart Scheduling work together in real time. When congestion builds, GrainFlow doesn't just show you the problem — it re-routes around it, keeping your facility smooth sailing.

Congestion Detected

Cameras spot a backup forming at Lane 2

Three trucks arrived early. Queue depth just hit 45 minutes. Six more deliveries are scheduled in the next 90 minutes.

10:14 AM — Yard Intel
Camera AI detects queue depth exceeding threshold at Lane 2. Wait time projected to hit 55 min by 11:00.
10:14 AM — Smart Scheduler
Identifies 4 deliveries not yet en route. Automatically generates reschedule suggestions to spread arrivals.
10:15 AM — Driver Notifications
Drivers receive smart delay recommendations with nearby convenience stops — fuel, food, restrooms — discounted through GrainFlow partnerships.
11:00 AM — Resolved
Queue normalized. Wait time back to 18 min. Zero trucks turned away. Zero angry phone calls.
Smart Recommendations

Drivers get useful suggestions, not just "wait"

When a delivery is confirmed but the yard is backing up, GrainFlow steps in before the driver even leaves the farm.

Suggested for Driver — en route in 20 min

Fuel Stop — 12 min from your route
Partner discount on diesel. Restrooms available.
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Coffee & Food — 8 min from your route
Grab a coffee while the queue clears. GrainFlow driver perks available.
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Delay departure 25 min
Current wait: 42 min. If you leave at 10:40 instead, projected wait drops to 12 min. Net time saved: 5 min.
The result
Drivers spend less time idling and more time doing something useful. The facility avoids the storm of congestion entirely. Everyone wins.
“You can't prevent every delay. But you can prevent every delay from becoming a pile-up.”
Data Products & API

Live wait times, inside your existing app.

Already have a farmer-facing app like MyLDC or Viterra Connect? GrainFlow feeds real-time queue and wait data directly into it, no second app for your growers to download.

Your App — Facility Status
Your Elevator App
Westview Terminal
Live
6
In Queue
22min
Est. Wait
Clearing
Lane Status
Lane 1
3 trucks
Lane 2
2 trucks
Pit
1 truck
Powered by GrainFlow Yard Intelligence
API Integration
GET /api/v1/sites/{site_id}/queue

{
  "queue_length": 6,
  "estimated_wait_minutes": 22,
  "trend": "decreasing",
  "lanes": [ ... ]
}
Facility App Integration

Your farmers already have your app.
Now give them live yard data.

Major grain companies invest millions in their own farmer-facing apps. GrainFlow doesn't replace those apps — it powers them. Our API feeds real-time queue depth, wait times, and lane status directly into your existing platform, so your growers can check the line before they hook up the trailer.

  • Real-time queue length and estimated wait time per facility
  • Per-lane truck counts, status, and throughput rate
  • Simple REST API — integrate in hours, not months
  • Your brand, your app, your farmer relationship — we stay behind the scenes
  • Webhook alerts when wait times spike so your app can notify growers
  • Historical data feeds for reporting, benchmarking, and capacity planning
Grower and partner apps
Facility status boards
Dispatch systems
Executive dashboards

Built for everyone in the chain.

From the person at the scale to the board room.

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Facility Managers

Grain elevator, crush plant, and terminal operators

  • See every truck in your yard without going outside
  • Spread arrivals across the day with capacity-aware scheduling
  • See which deliveries are on track and which bins are filling
  • Generate end-of-day reports in seconds, not hours
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Farmers & Haulers

Farm owners, 3PLs, and drivers

  • Book delivery slots from your phone — no more calling
  • See real-time queue before you leave the yard
  • Assign drivers, track trucks, manage your fleet
  • See your delivery history and upcoming schedule at a glance
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Executives & Owners

Regional managers, boards, investors

  • Multi-site dashboard with real-time KPIs
  • Year-over-year throughput and NPS benchmarking
  • Quantify ROI: fewer idle hours, more turns per day
  • Make data-driven staffing and capex decisions

Ready to move more grain?

Book a 30-minute demo. We'll walk through your operation, show you the platform live, and scope a pilot — your first 6 months are free.

No commitment required. Cancel anytime.

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about what GrainFlow does, who it's for, and how it works.

What is GrainFlow?

GrainFlow is inbound scheduling and yard management software for grain elevators, crush plants, fertilizer terminals, and seed plants. It replaces phone-based scheduling and whiteboards with online appointment booking and computer-vision yard monitoring that counts trucks in real time.

Who is GrainFlow for?

Facility operators — grain elevators, terminals, crush plants, fertilizer terminals, and seed plants — primarily across Western Canada and the US Plains, plus the farmers and truckers who deliver to those facilities.

How does GrainFlow work?

Three layers: facility configuration where the operator sets capacity rules per receiving lane, commodity, and hour; driver booking where farmers and truckers see available slots online and reserve a time; yard intelligence where AI cameras count trucks in real time and surface queue length and dwell time on a dashboard.

How much does GrainFlow cost?

Entry-point pricing starts at $200 CAD per month per facility, covering supply chain visibility and yard intelligence. Tiered pricing applies for full enterprise functionality beyond those two layers — contact us for a quote. The first six months are free for early pilot partners.

How is GrainFlow different from OpenDock, Bushel, or Terminal Industries?

OpenDock is dock scheduling for warehouses with no agricultural features. Bushel handles grain origination, contracts, and scale tickets — a complementary partner, not a competitor. Terminal Industries focuses on enterprise warehouse yard automation outside agriculture. GrainFlow is the only platform combining inbound farmer scheduling, computer-vision yard monitoring, and commodity-aware capacity planning purpose-built for grain handling.

Who built GrainFlow?

Bryan Wattie, a Canadian agtech operator with ten-plus years across SomaDetect, Lucent BioSciences, and Innovate BC (currently Director of Agritech Adoption, managing $6.8M in on-farm tech grants). M.Sc. Bioresource Engineering, McGill University. Read the founder story.

Where is GrainFlow being piloted?

GrainFlow is going live at two pilot sites before harvest 2026 with a top-four global grain handler. Additional pilot sites are being added across the Canadian Prairies and the US Plains for harvest 2026 and spring 2027.

Is GrainFlow part of an accelerator?

Yes. GrainFlow is in Cohort 5 of Cultivator, Saskatchewan's agtech accelerator (run by Conexus). Kick-off week was held in Regina in April 2026.

What is the founding story of GrainFlow?

A friend in Saskatchewan posted on Facebook about waiting two hours in line at a grain elevator with a confirmed appointment. That post crystallized a problem Bryan Wattie had heard for years from grain handlers — that coordination at the elevator's front gate was still phone calls and whiteboards while every other industry had moved to online booking.

How do I get a GrainFlow demo?

Visit grainflow.ca/#demo or email info@grainflow.ca. Demos are typically 20 to 30 minutes and walk through the farmer booking flow, the operator dashboard, and the camera-based yard intelligence layer.