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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 7880457" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Grain will keep forever at 16% if it is cool enough.</p><p>We went down to15% because that is what much of the rest of the World works on.</p><p></p><p>When were were still on the 16% rule and we had Intervention stores, it had to be 15%. But unless you turned up at a store with it down to 14%, they would hold the lorry up for 2 hours and do an oven test to confirm it was actually 15% or below. So if your harvested grain was above 16%, you dried it down to 14% for Intervention, but when it got down to 16% later in the day, you switched bins and would sell that on the open market.</p><p>For this reason, the open market price was always a few quid less that what the EEC set the Intervention price at each year.</p><p></p><p>Some mills today are happy to take it up to 16.5% with a claim and often that claim is less than we could dry it down to15%. This is a very good idea, especially when they might steam it to get the moisture up for milling it before turning the final blend into cube nuts.</p><p></p><p>I believe that it is utterly stupid in this day and age of Climate change worries to waste so much energy to dry stuff down to 15, if it can be used at a higher moisture content.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is just as bad as FCOJ (frozen concentrated orange juice) which is what much of our orange is, before it is rehydrated and put into cartons before it hits the supermarket shelves. The energy used to concentrate it is enormous!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 7880457, member: 44728"] Grain will keep forever at 16% if it is cool enough. We went down to15% because that is what much of the rest of the World works on. When were were still on the 16% rule and we had Intervention stores, it had to be 15%. But unless you turned up at a store with it down to 14%, they would hold the lorry up for 2 hours and do an oven test to confirm it was actually 15% or below. So if your harvested grain was above 16%, you dried it down to 14% for Intervention, but when it got down to 16% later in the day, you switched bins and would sell that on the open market. For this reason, the open market price was always a few quid less that what the EEC set the Intervention price at each year. Some mills today are happy to take it up to 16.5% with a claim and often that claim is less than we could dry it down to15%. This is a very good idea, especially when they might steam it to get the moisture up for milling it before turning the final blend into cube nuts. I believe that it is utterly stupid in this day and age of Climate change worries to waste so much energy to dry stuff down to 15, if it can be used at a higher moisture content. It is just as bad as FCOJ (frozen concentrated orange juice) which is what much of our orange is, before it is rehydrated and put into cartons before it hits the supermarket shelves. The energy used to concentrate it is enormous! [/QUOTE]
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