shelled corn in bin wagons

Anonymous-0 · Oct 29, 2012

I have to be at work Monday through Friday at regular job. Can I combine corn on the weekend and store in bin wagons til the following Saturday morning and pull it to the buyer or is a week in a bin wagon too long? If a week is too long what is the longest it would be safe? TIA

Lazy WP · Oct 29, 2012

It all depends on what the moisture of the corn is. If it is below 18%, it should be alright, below 15%, and it will store for years.

IaGary · Oct 29, 2012

All depends on the moisture of the grain and the air temp.

17% or lower at 60 degrees or less should be fine for a week.

20% and 70 degrees may have issues.

Gary

Dick2 · Oct 29, 2012

Also consider temperature, wind and humidity. If you get a lot of wind and rain from the storm and the wagons are outside, will the tarps keep out moisture?

If temps are very warm, the corn could mold or start to heat & spoil.

paul · Oct 29, 2012

It all comes down to moisture, as the others say. Until the last 2 years, here in MN it was rare to get corn below 18% at harvest, and that wouldn"t keep well for 24 hours.....

Is your buyer planning to dry it, putting it up in wet storage silo or bag), or how is extra wet corn going to be dealt with?

If you can combine it at 15% or less then all is well, keep it in the wagon for all of winter.

But over 16%, I"d get nervious....

Wooden wagon will be better than a metal one, and so forth, as mentioned humidity, and mostly air temp will be big factors.

--->Paul

INCase · Oct 29, 2012

If you could get air to it in the wagons it would help.

THey make small air units for grain that you can stick in a pile (wagon maybe) of corn and it has an electric fan on one end.

Heat Houser · Oct 29, 2012

Depends on moisture and the grain temp.
You will need to kinda put the days under the % moisture or click the link to see the full article.

Maximum Allowable Shelled Corn Storage Time for 0.5% Dry Matter Loss, Days.(a) (ASABE Standards 2005)
Corn temp
oF 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 moisture
35 1144 437 216 128 86 63 50 41
40 763 291 144 85 57 42 33 27
45 509 194 96 57 38 28 22 18
50 339 130 64 38 26 19 15 12 Days....
55 226 86 43 25 17 13 10 8
60 151 58 29 17 11 8 7 5
65 113 43 22 13 9 7 5 4
70 85 32 16 10 7 5 4 4
75 63 24 12 8 5 4 3 3
Purdue Corn Storage Time

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