Five Hampshire farmers have joined forces with grain merchant Frontier to set up a grain drying business at Southampton docks. Both parties have invested a total of almost £500,000 in the project, ...
Once a hybrid has completed flowering, the grain begins the process of adding dry matter. Initially, grain moisture is 80 to 90% and decreases as starch accumulates. Once the grain fully colors and ...
With showery summers predicted to become more common, now is a good time to appraise grain-drying facilities and reinvest where necessary to help deal with any extreme seasons to come. Arable farm ...
BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — The October harvested corn was dry enough to forgo using heat from the grain dryer at Dean Jorud’s farm in Otter Tail County this harvest season. Most years there’s a need to take ...
Following harvest, a corn grower must usually decide whether to sell wet corn "as is" at a moisture-discounted market price or mechanically dry the grain (on-farm or by custom drying) at a total cost ...
Douglas Opio examines how the control panel of the grain dryer works. Photo / Roland D. Nasasira. The most common methods of drying grains is spreading it on a tarpaulin or the bare ground. How long ...
During a winter day, the outdoor air may fluctuate by 25 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. This warms the bin and the grain next to the wall during the day ...
LINCOLN — Farmers are finishing harvest as we transition from a nice warm fall to cooler temperatures and precipitation coming as snow. Following is some guidance on drying and storage during this ...