super99

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I had about 5 acres of cereal rye for seed. It was getting weedy fast and starting to go down, so I combined it a little wet to get it out and put a screw in aerator in the gravity wagon to move some air thru it. There is about 150 bu in the wagon setting inside a closed up metal arch building. The fan has been running for 3 weeks and it hasn't dried down much if any. A neighbor tested it for me last Sunday, one sample tested 15% and the other 18%. It seems to be keeping OK, no smells or anything. I have a 21' dryer bin with floor and fan, but I don't think there is enough rye to even cover the floor to bin it and run the fan on it. It was suggested that I transfer it to another wagon, that moving it would help it dry. I pulled it outside when we had 3 good days in a row with no chance of rain, but I work in town and can't run home and put it in the shed if it starts raining, so I'm kinda stuck. What can I do with it??? Chris
 
We use to move oats from one wagon to another to help dry it out. And it did help.

Run it slowly through the auger to give it time to air out.

If it is not heating up I think you will be fine.

Gary
 
I had some rye last year that just wouldn't dry down(had mine in my batch dryer with just air from a smaller fan). Eventually(couple weeks)I got it dry, but the germination rate was terrible.
 
Chris do you have any flat bed wagons??? Or even a trailer. I have dried out grass seed by just spreading it out on a tarp laid on a wagon. Just get the grain 3-4 inches thick and pull it out into the sun. The trouble with the screw in fans is they pull air down right around the tube but not much out in the corners. So even if you can't spread the rye out moving it from one wagon to another will still help by mixing the grain you have. Also remember that while we have heat now we also have humidity so air drying in the summer is not that fast. In the fall with dry air it can take a month to air dry a bin of corn down. So move it and mix it up and keep air on it.
 

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