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Winter or spring barley?
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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 8138100" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Because 2/3rds of my harvest is done in July, I tend to get away with very little if any drying here.</p><p>My dryer is a 12 tonne diesel fired Master mobile. I haven’t used it for years, but must keep it just in case!</p><p></p><p>My WB tends to come in at around 13-14% even with a bit at wheat in it. Blowing cold air at night through it seems to keep it just fine.</p><p></p><p>The W Linseed leaves the farm by Lorry to a store quite soon after harvest and because it needs to be sunny to harvest it isn’t too difficult to make sure it is 9%. I can easily mix any wet stuff with the dry to get an even moisture. I also blow cold air at night, which helps. </p><p>If the air is 5 degrees C or more below the temperature of the grain, it cannot make it wetter no matter how humid that air is, only drier.</p><p></p><p>The Wheat can be more difficult. However, I deliver all my Wheat and Barley to ABN mill at Enstone by Fastrac and trailer. They will take it (and the Barley) at up to 16.5% moisture. Their claims for doing so is about half what it would cost me to dry it. </p><p></p><p>It is all a system that works for me guaranteeing maximum income for my crops.</p><p></p><p>Also, I’d far rather spend my time delivering slightly wet grain, than watch that f’ing drier working! The Haulage more than pays for any moisture claims. And there is no dust!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 8138100, member: 44728"] Because 2/3rds of my harvest is done in July, I tend to get away with very little if any drying here. My dryer is a 12 tonne diesel fired Master mobile. I haven’t used it for years, but must keep it just in case! My WB tends to come in at around 13-14% even with a bit at wheat in it. Blowing cold air at night through it seems to keep it just fine. The W Linseed leaves the farm by Lorry to a store quite soon after harvest and because it needs to be sunny to harvest it isn’t too difficult to make sure it is 9%. I can easily mix any wet stuff with the dry to get an even moisture. I also blow cold air at night, which helps. If the air is 5 degrees C or more below the temperature of the grain, it cannot make it wetter no matter how humid that air is, only drier. The Wheat can be more difficult. However, I deliver all my Wheat and Barley to ABN mill at Enstone by Fastrac and trailer. They will take it (and the Barley) at up to 16.5% moisture. Their claims for doing so is about half what it would cost me to dry it. It is all a system that works for me guaranteeing maximum income for my crops. Also, I’d far rather spend my time delivering slightly wet grain, than watch that f’ing drier working! The Haulage more than pays for any moisture claims. And there is no dust! [/QUOTE]
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