Tackling the tricky task of dry ing soggy grain

摘要

This past season's extraordinary weather will have stretched many grain drying and storage systems to the limit. Depending on the past level of investment, this will have either exposed cracks or ripped existing flaws wide open. Possibly the most pressing concern for farms with near-ambient on-floor stores is how to manage and dry grain that is sitting obstinately at moisture contents of 17-18%. Andrew Kneeshaw of the Farm Energy Centre explains research shows that this kind of drying system is predicted to "fail" in two years out of 20.