Corn is running pretty good

So far yeild top yeild was 209, low 138. Average so far is 178. Now on to the heavy hitter feilds that got the pricey seed, chicken manure, and no weed pressure at all. I am hoping to average 190 on those two feilds but I ain;t holding my breath. Gotta have a 143 average for all acres or I will be buying some corn to fill contracts next summer. Test weight on the loads going to elevator arent as heavy as I hoped, about 57-58, and that darn storm we had last weekend seems to have crept up my moisture, havent found anything less that 15.5, with 16.8 being the norm. Now to decide if I can safely store that corn in the air bin, i have rented or if I will need to dry the stuff down before filling. Only 2 more semi loads left to fill fall contracts and I need to start filling bins.

We averaged about 170 this year in Eastern Iowa, but were lucky and had corn out before winds hit.

About the same here in central NY, which is absolutely fantastic for us! But it's never as dry as it is elsewhere, it's just too wet here.

Finished up here on Oct. 23. Corn was coming out of the field at 13 percent, even had a load or two that was in the 12s

You are concerned about storing corn, and at $5/ bu, you should be. You are in Mn., so I'm not familiar with your weather patterns up there. BUT, here in NW Ill, I have a 4500 bu drying bin that I have used since 2004. I have put 20% corn in it and just used air to dry the corn. It's late enough now to run the fan to bring temp down to nightly lows for now. When it gets below freezing, run the fan until the corn is froze and leave it until warm weather. When warm weather arrives, run the fan for 4 or 5 days and check corn, it will be dry. I never even had a LP tank until last year when the corn was 25% in Nov and had to use the heater to dry it. The other bins, corn should keep until April just dumping it in there and leave it. Might want to hang a piece of perforated drain tile from the center of the roof to the floor, if you think you have a problem, get a small fan and hook up and leave it run. Congrats on the excellant yeilds, mine was off about 50/bu/a from last year. Chris

If you can blow air on the corn, it will be fine at those moisture conditions at the temps we have now. If you blow air, let the cold front get all the way through the bin, don't stop too early. You might not have to blow air at all, just watch it & if you notice hot spot, crust on top, odors, etc. then get on it.

If you can't blow air on the corn, it likely will be ok probably until May. Most of the time. Certainly something to watch tho, and check every week - mostly with your nose - and be prepared to move the corn if it were to go south. But - it should work out. Watch it & have a plan.

I had one brand of corn go 13% moisture; most was 15-16%, and the stuff I planted after tiling this spring held steady at 16-17%. Very few people here started a dry this year - southern MN. That is extremely unusual.

In my case I'll put 16% in my small bin, and feed a little bit out of it every week over winter. It has no air; but checking it every week, and getting some corn moving a bit in it should prevent any problems from happening. The cold climate helps us with storing corn a bit above moisture goals. But it is something to keep track of.

--->Paul