Hot barley

[lloyd]

It's been coming out of the drier at too high an air temperature lately during the day so dont stack it up high or your problem will return.
You will still need to cool it even if the drier cleans it up.

 

[RAF]

Going to double treat it with home and dry put it 18 inch deep and sheet it. They think it will be fine . Thanks for the replies having a bad day yesterday with other stuff as well , calmed down now

 

[farenheit]

Going to double treat it with home and dry put it 18 inch deep and sheet it. They think it will be fine . Thanks for the replies having a bad day yesterday with other stuff as well , calmed down now

Good on you. Sometimes a new day puts something that seems unfixable completely back in perspective

 

[michael N123]

It won’t flow through a mill , trying find out if I can home and dry it .

Auger it into the mill

 

[Bobthebuilder]

its not been 32 at night - plenty air cooler than grain at night - don’t want to high a difference between ambient and grain or you can get condensation

Still been 20+ at nights last week tho so pulling warm air through the fans isn’t gonna cool it very quick

 

[Clive]

Still been 20+ at nights last week tho so pulling warm air through the fans isn’t gonna cool it very quick

ours has come down well from 32 a week ago to sub 20 today using nighttime air

ambient is 15.2deg right now

there is usually always cool air, tends to be at unsociable hours though so differential temp controllers pay dividends at this time of year

 

[teslacoils]

Even if the fans on almost all day, it's better than it sat sweating at 32 degrees.

 

[Spencer]

Ba

Going to double treat it with home and dry put it 18 inch deep and sheet it. They think it will be fine . Thanks for the replies having a bad day yesterday with other stuff as well , calmed down now

We all have those days.. happens to the best of us

 

[spin cycle]

I’m pretty sure you can’t use Home n Dry if there are greens in it, which the Triticale surely must be?

Give FiveF a ring,they will be able to advise properly.

yes i think you're right

 

[steveR]

ours has come down well from 32 a week ago to sub 20 today using nighttime air

ambient is 15.2deg right now

there is usually always cool air, tends to be at unsociable hours though so differential temp controllers pay dividends at this time of year

Used to have a pedestal each in 6 old 25t bins, and had a habit of popping to the bins on my return from the pub, and put them on through the night. Might have been cheaper to buy a fancy controller than going to the pub though...

Same with the grain in a heap, but could use a time switch on these fans which was near enough for the business here then.

 

[spin cycle]

those old wooden kongskilde bins were brilliant...put anything in em...switch fan on and forget ....til you had to empty them

 

[neilo]

Used to have a pedestal each in 6 old 25t bins, and had a habit of popping to the bins on my return from the pub, and put them on through the night. Might have been cheaper to buy a fancy controller than going to the pub though...

Same with the grain in a heap, but could use a time switch on these fans which was near enough for the business here then.

On floor heap here, with Polycool pedestals put in as I heap it, then one fan that I move around, running off an extension lead. I use a time switch sometimes, but usually trying to avoid damp air nights by the time we’ve finished harvest.
Keeps it fresh cheaply enough, and removes a % or two if necessary, given enough time and timely use.

 

[steveR]

On floor heap here, with Polycool pedestals put in as I heap it, then one fan that I move around, running off an extension lead. I use a time switch sometimes, but usually trying to avoid damp air nights by the time we’ve finished harvest.
Keeps it fresh cheaply enough, and removes a % or two if necessary, given enough time and timely use.

I was forcefully told once that pedestals could not reduce MC... My experience over 20 odd years was that they could, but that person insisted I was wrong.,..

 

[Zippy768]

I was forcefully told once that pedestals could not reduce MC... My experience over 20 odd years was that they could, but that person insisted I was wrong.,..

I've been told by supplier that they do reduce %. But have been told many a time (incld on here) that they dont

 

[steveR]

I've been told by supplier that they do reduce %. But have been told many a time (incld on here) that they dont

Well, all I can say, is that I have seen a near 2% drop in barley over an extended period. From higher MC was better, say 18ish%, so using the pedestal really for keeping the grain stable and seeing MC dropping as a bonus. Picking the right day is vital, or as Clive intimated use automatic controllers.

 

[Zippy768]

Well, all I can say, is that I have seen a near 2% drop in barley over an extended period. From higher MC was better, say 18ish%, so using the pedestal really for keeping the grain stable and seeing MC dropping as a bonus. Picking the right day is vital, or as Clive intimated use automatic controllers.

When I enquired the supplier about automated controls, they actually talked themselves out of it as they reckon is doesn't make a difference when you run the fans
Which make no sense to me

 

[farenheit]

When I enquired the supplier about automated controls, they actually talked themselves out of it as they reckon is doesn't make a difference when you run the fans
Which make no sense to me

When the grain is 30c it doesn’t but once you get into single figures and for long term it does . RH another matter

 

[goodevans]

Ba

We all have those days.. happens to the best of us

And the worst of us

 

[Woldgrain Storage]

I was forcefully told once that pedestals could not reduce MC...

All depends on the starting point of your grain moisture and the RH of the ambient air (and the air flow volume).

If you have 25% mc grain and dry air in July (and sufficient air flow), you will achieve some drying.

If you have damp air in January you will struggle to get grain from 16.5% to 14.5%

 

[RAF]

Just thinking now the mad thing is daddy wanted wholecrop the field with volunteer triticale . Why didn’t I listen they do know best really