Does spring wheat grain take more drying than Winter wheat????
normally by this time of year no need to have fans on.
so in a 3.2m deep store with a wooden floor and 50hp fan with gas burner and humidity sensor which has been on since early september, the change in moisture appears to have been negligible in the top 1/3 of the heap. despite three passses with a 1.8m stirrer. agreed it was pretty wet when it went in (19%). the bottom is 15%, the middle 17 and the top not much less than 19%.
absolute wits end. might drag the lot out and bury it, that sick of looking at it.
may well be £200+ but no-one wants 17% wheat even in a famine.
do Tey Farm Services still sell Trailer driers? @Andrew K
Yes i believe they do.Give Roger Fairs a ring on 01206 210003. He may hire you one, or know of one available locally.Does spring wheat grain take more drying than Winter wheat????
normally by this time of year no need to have fans on.
so in a 3.2m deep store with a wooden floor and 50hp fan with gas burner and humidity sensor which has been on since early september, the change in moisture appears to have been negligible in the top 1/3 of the heap. despite three passses with a 1.8m stirrer. agreed it was pretty wet when it went in (19%). the bottom is 15%, the middle 17 and the top not much less than 19%.
absolute wits end. might drag the lot out and bury it, that sick of looking at it.
may well be £200+ but no-one wants 17% wheat even in a famine.
do Tey Farm Services still sell Trailer driers? @Andrew K
Drop a few samples into a merchant for moisture tests to be sure?
I find that moving the grain from one side of the store to the other ie mixing thoroughly is the best way of getting round this type of problem.
Have you got stirrers ?
Yes .Are you blind?
I had quite a bit of 23% wheat this time - full of green grains etc.I've never had to do it with wheat but despite having over size diesel driven fans and proper gantry stirrers sometimes with grass seed moving it off the floor and putting it back is the only way. It always seems like a hassle but after days of struggling to make progress after moving it seems to dry in no time.