Yes - but first you will run into a problem. In most locations where corn grows, it is kinda damp. Often times you need to pick the corn when it is still 28-26% moisture. However corn goes moldy if you try to store it for any amount of time as kernals above 15% moisture. So, how will you dry it? On the ear, you can easily store the corn at 24% or even higher. You put it in a crib where the air can blow through it and it will slowly dry down to 15% over time. You might want to keep it ear corn, the deer don't mind. Or, pick it on the ear, then use a sheller to shell it into kernal corn later. Most older self propelled combines had a 2 row corn head option, but let me tell you those machines go through money to keep running.... You can get several models of corn pickers with a sheller option instead of a husker bed, so you could use a pull type picker to get shelled corn. I believe a couple of the pull type combines had a corn head, but that is a rare find. --->Paul
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