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Aeration & Drying
Why Dry your grain?
- When grain is harvested it is in the best condition it will ever be. It can only go into worse condition.
- Drying will increase the storage life of harvested grain.
What types of drying is there?
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Aeration – While not a form of drying is essential to the drying process. It is simply forcing air through the grain mass to maintain condition.
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Natural Air Drying – Is the use of outside ambient air without the addition of heat.
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Mechanical dryers (screen type, tower dryers etc.)
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In-Bin or In-silo drying.
drying your grain in tropical climates.
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Cooling grain is probably not an option in tropical climates and other measures must be taken.
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Moisture control is the only choice to keep your grain in condition.
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Grain must be dried to a lower moisture content in tropical conditions than in temperate climates (corn 12-13%).
