Re: Doing research

Posted by Chef Green on February 03, 2023 at 00:33:22 from (73.22.118.71):

In Reply to: Doing research posted by Chef Green on February 02, 2023 at 10:43:30:

Wow lot s of input and questions.

I ll do the questions first.

Can I grow everything here?

I have to say that I m unsure. The corn and wheat, yes. I bucked enough winter wheat straw and hay as a teen to be confident in that, and until last year two of my heirloom corn strains we grown 2 and 17 miles from my back yard. I just assumed the other small grains would as well which I shouldn t have.

I am in east central Illinois, closer to Purdue than I am Chicago or Indy.

Have I considered a contract grower?

I have and I have used plenty of them. The problem is that either what I need is too big of a hassle and I hunt for a new grower on short notice and hope I find one I mean . I could go on about contract growers for days . I m here because I can t rely on contract growers.

Can I source other grains?

The small grains are not an issue to source by any means. They re pretty standard industry wide and I do my own malting and corn milling. It s the corn that is the issue.

I just, in my pedestrian understanding of Midwest grain farming, assumed that I could make use of cover crops to harvest small grains and plant corn where the previous seasons cover had been planted. So that I would essentially plant corn and harvest small grains in the spring and flip those in the fall.

Small grains are not a necessity, but I thought I may as well try and grow all of my mash bill.

Are the grains marketable . Could I sell excess?

The heirloom corn? Yes. I took a big loss at the end of October in order to meet my contractual obligations because a semi viral TikTok video about one heirlooms I use and a grower ghosting me.

It ended with me flying to Austin from Illinois in order to rent a Ryder and have it filled at a miller s with $2.13/lb medium cracked of this variety. I forget what I paid in fuel it was sickening. The price per pound included the milling fee that was discounted.

I can sell any of my varieties at 0.80/lb in 50lb quantities all day un-milled . Or even as bulk in many cases to other brewers, certainly distillers, and to a mill as a last resort.

Paul mentioned a picker/husker for corn over a combine and crib storage, and I believe using a combine for small grains . and shelling the corn after crib drying. Who made what that s worth looking for? Is there anything that was cheap and common?

If you were me, AND you have decided to do this . What older machinery are you looking for specifically?

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