Grain elevator and gravel pit teamed up

Geo-TH,In · Oct 13, 2018

Grain elevator is storing corn on the ground at gravel pit. Yesterday is was raining and that didn't stop them. What would keep the wet corn from molding?
I posted a front and side view of the pile of corn to give you an idea of the size of the pile.

jeffcat · Oct 13, 2018

Even if they just ship it out for ethinol production if that stuff moldes it will be one huge 100 ton train car of glued together load of crap. Truck would be 20 tons? Maybe they have a secret brewery in that building. Is so funny when that stuff starts to ferment and some deer or bears, etc. Get into it. Stone drunk animals all over the place. They are happy though! How in the world do you even start to dry that mess out?

jm. · Oct 13, 2018

That is no corn here is about 130 thousand bushels , it will get a little wet on top but been doing it for several years , most of this goes to hog feed so it does not really matter.

moresmoke · Oct 13, 2018

Well, it either pile it on the ground, or leave it in the field when the elevator is full. Nationwide there is no market for soybeans right now. Here in E ND, the elevators typically run soybeans through and on a train to the Pacific NW port just as fast as they can at harvest. This year, China isn't buying so all the elevators can do is bin the beans and wait.
It is preferable to store corn on the ground over beans. Typically they will store some corn at the elevator, and as the wet outside stored stuff is brought in and dried over the winter, they will blend the two to meet customer's specs.

Also there are some ethanol plants that can process wet corn. They can save on the drying cost with careful planning. There is one plant nearby that piles a big mountain of wet corn straight from the field. They can run air through it and freeze the pile solid as soon as possible. Late winter, they put a big excavator to loading the pile into trucks and get it all processed by the time temps warm up.

SVcummins · Oct 13, 2018

They store grain on the ground all the time the top gets a little wet but it stores pretty good

Mike M · Oct 13, 2018

A lot of grain storage places have been torn down over the last few years here in Ohio. Sure looks like they could of been put to use ?

gab · Oct 13, 2018

Place in town next to the rail road piles a mountain of corn only they must use some kind of funnel shaped tarp on the end of the auger that goes up with the auger.

muleman51 · Oct 13, 2018

Elevators get by with a real crime. If you or I tried to deliver grain like that we would get severely discounted , they get rewarded.

gordy from Iowa · Oct 13, 2018

Hogs do not like moldy corn.

jm. · Oct 13, 2018

Gordy considering the small amount that gets wet and blended into ground feed has never been a problem.

Dr. Walt · Oct 14, 2018

I'll bet the Birds have a field day with all that Corn stored in the open like that .

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