moisture 10.5-12.5 grain temp 50-60 degrees

am I ok to put in these bins with no air? Been holding off a little as we"ve had 80+ degree days, and have 2 loads of corn at 83.6 degree"s and 11.2 moisture, them I have sitting at the elevator, but rest of the loads are in that low 60 range, just as dry, and I am hoping to knock a few acres out tomorrow before the heat comes if I can just keep the wagions dumping into the bins. Any Green stalked wetter corn I am gonna skip and pick them up last and send to the coop. Also, does any one know any one around centel mn that sells them long fans that you put in through the access door hole of bins? I want to have one handy, believe they are 110 volt. First time storing non commercially, I know my corn is darned dry, but a little unknowledgable how to deal with the higher temperature grain. Longest it would sit would be march, possibly July on the smaller bins. I know, I need a drying bin. Next year.

Where in Mn are you? Mills fleet farm and Mimbach fleet in St. cloud stock them.

Ok, I will see Rich or Hollis on the morning at Mimbach. Only bout 5 min away

Under 13% moisture 80 degree corn will be fine.

Put it in the bin.

Gary

Dave- As an old time farmer, I can't believe how lucky you are......low moisture corn, don't need to dry. Plus the yields you get on the soil you have. In 40 years, I had only some, one year, that didn't go through the dryer. Even if those bins have a spreader....cone them out after filling...ie....pull a load out to get the fines out of the middle. NEVER leave a bin go into winter with a peak on the crop....moisture migrates with temp, comes out the top...if the grain is peaked, moisture goes up the peak and rots the crop. Helps if you're feeding/selling some- pull out an occasional load. Can get by til Spring with 16-17% corn. I have a drying bin but dry everything with an automatic batch dryer after babysitting the bin dryer for years. I have full floors in two bins, 7 1/2 hp fans....freeze corn in the Fall (beans too), warm a couple times in Spring as the temp rises. Fan tubes you're talking about- you're half hour from St. Cloud, Mimbach, Mills Fleet? Without them, just move some crop every month......wagon or two keeps it fresh with the flow.

Dave, put it in the bin and sleep well.

How big is your bin?

I haven't wanted to admit this, but it's come up often enough I will. It makes me look kinda questionable.....

In fall of 2009 I put 16-17% corn in a 1500 bu little bin I have. I only put 1000 bu in.

600 bu is still in the bin, I just looked at it today. It's kept pretty good. I need to get that out, and get some new in this fall yet.

No air, the bin bottom is an old feeding slab.

Now, this is a _small_ bin so the temp cools down quick, and I have pulled off corn to feed the cattle from time to time, and I look at it every week or month.

And it's not supposed to work at that moisture, so don't try this at home.....

And it's kinda dumb to be storing corn for 2 full years.....

But - I'd not worry at all about 12% moisture corn at any temp. Now if you have a 40,000 bu bin, well then I'd consider how the middle would never cool down.... But if you have a bin that size, then you'd have a floor or fans and so forth. So I'm figuring you have a 4000bu or less bin.

And 12% corn is going to keep just fine, even at 80 degrees 99.5 years out of 100.

Put it in the bin, and sleep well. I'd not buy one of those screw in fans at retail prices, they come up at auction and the going rate is $40 for the tube & head..... You won't need it with 12% corn.

--->Paul

I agree with IA Gary, but would move the bar up a little to 14%. We got by last year not drying and put up 17% corn with keeping air on it until it froze. I do not think I would go that far again and push it past 15% going in with air.

You are losing money if you dried it down that far.

You shouldn't have any trouble as the corn is plenty dry and the bin is small. Back in the days we had 8 of those 3250 bu gov bins that we used to store corn and we would crawl in and level the top of the bin and then just check it once a month for any crusting. If we noticed a crusting we would screw in a small tube in the top with a small fan and run it for a couple of weeks.
The important thing is check the grain once a month. You could screw in a tube type fan and cool the bin when winter sets in but you are talking a small bin and corn is plenty dry so I wouldn't expect any problems.