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jd-tom 11-03-2009 11:23:10 98.132.209.16 812522 Report to Moderator	A question for everyone - with the varying degrees of mold that is on the ears of corn out in the field this year, is it a good idea or not to put this corn in a crib to dry this year? From what I've seen of it, it is still on the surface of the kernels and I think that between the action of shelling it in the combine, drying it and running it through several conveyors along the way, most of this mold should fall out or blow away by the time it actually ends up in storage. But putting this corn in a crib will end up with this mold remaining with the corn and I think that it will not dry down quickly enough in the crib before this mold causes more problems. Any thoughts or past experience with this to share? [Reply]   [No Email]
Dan-IA 11-03-2009 16:28:02 66.43.223.18 812594 Report to Moderator	Re: Cribbing this year's corn with mold on it in reply to jd-tom, 11-03-2009 11:23:10   I remember that there was a big aflatoxin panic on the radio a couple years ago. right up there with soybean rust. Were it me and I knew I had a lot of mold I'd dry it and get it into an elevator quickly. Even if you had to pay storage at the elevator the numbers are for marketable grain that way. If you hold it and the mold gets worse I bet even the ethanol plants won't want it. That leaves corn heat for the winter, or dump it as waste and call the insurance guy. I'd say try to get it to an elevator. But pray over it either way, your Father will have the best idea.   [Reply]   [No Email]
mjbrown 11-03-2009 13:24:35 75.237.156.175 812547 Report to Moderator	Re: Cribbing this year's corn with mold on it in reply to jd-tom, 11-03-2009 11:23:10   It sounds like this may be a good year to heat with corn. Ear corn will burn in a woodstove.   [Reply]   [No Email]
NY 986 11-03-2009 11:55:46 32.178.238.229 812532 Report to Moderator	Re: Cribbing this year's corn with mold on it in reply to jd-tom, 11-03-2009 11:23:10   In a situation like that the old timers would chance it in the field till weather dictated it came out. This would minimize the spread of mold versus storage where insufficient airflow may worsen the problem. Also, you would want the air temp to start staying consistently below freezing to minimize mold activity. It's been a tough year weather-wise and you might be darned if you do and darned if you don't. Good luck.   [Reply]   [No Email]
bg/mo 11-03-2009 11:32:13 204.54.154.68 812525 Report to Moderator	Re: Cribbing this year's corn with mold on it in reply to jd-tom, 11-03-2009 11:23:10   we had to pick corn one time way too early and it got alittle mold on it in the wagon, when we put it in the crib by the time we got around to grinding it you couldn"t tell any difference between it an the other corn.   [Reply]   [No Email]