Posted by Iowa corn and hogs on October 11, 2008 at 19:42:45 from (75.104.189.91):
In Reply to: Corn Drying Question posted by super99 on October 11, 2008 at 05:02:57:
If a circ-u-flow is just another name for a stirring system, then DO NOT run it when air-drying. Depending on cfm of fan and corn moisture, put in a shallow layer, get ALL possible openings open for ventilation, and keep checking the top of the corn. It may actually get wetter as the drying front moves up. Once the TOP is dry, add more corn.
Best bet is to wait a while yet. A few nice days, and your whole field will end up dryer than the batch in the bin you are waiting on.Then you will be waiting on the wet corn you "just had" to pick wet to dry down because adding more to the bin with such wet stuff underneath isn't safe.
I have 250,000 bu to pick, but am not starting yet. We have been having nice days in Iowa--I bet one of these days the corn will begin coming down ( and I am still working on sb anyway).
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