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Storing corn in super sacks

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Kip2

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This is my first year ever planting any field corn I planted pioneer 1319 about an acre and a half looks like it's gonna turn out pretty well I raise purebred berkshire hogs we have a usda meat label and we sell pigs on the hoof also uasully the gilts for breeding stock and finish out the barrows I have bought a corn picker if I let the corn dry down in the field really good before I pick it and shell it and put it in one ton super sacks will it keep till I use it we usually use about a ton a month so it will not be sitting around long I could also store it on the cob in the sacks if that would b better I am planning on planting several acres next year so I know I'm gonna have to do something better by then Thanks Kip
 

You should check moisture content before picking to make sure that it doesn't need drying. The , key is to the left of M and just beyond it is .
 
Generally corn needs to be less than 15% moisture to keep, unless it is the dead of winter. 13 is better with no aeration. Your pigs, which I am sure you are proud of, will want mold free corn- so you need to be careful. If you are in the north, such as me (WI) corn rarely gets that dry in the fall in the field. Occasionally you hear of someone who left corn till spring in the field, and how it was market moisture and perfect test weight, but they didn't tell you how the deer etc ate 2/3 of it during winter.

Ear corn, if put in a crib will keep at higher moistures.

As for the other guy who responded rather arrogantly, the comma key is to the RIGHT of M, not left....
 
(quoted from post at 15:27:52 08/01/14)
You should check moisture content before picking to make sure that it doesn't need drying. The , key is to the left of M and just beyond it is .
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Bryce you are right. I meant my other left.
 
(quoted from post at 16:00:23 08/01/14) Generally corn needs to be less than 15% moisture to keep, unless it is the dead of winter. 13 is better with no aeration. Your pigs, which I am sure you are proud of, will want mold free corn- so you need to be careful. If you are in the north, such as me (WI) corn rarely gets that dry in the fall in the field. Occasionally you hear of someone who left corn till spring in the field, and how it was market moisture and perfect test weight, but they didn't tell you how the deer etc ate 2/3 of it during winter.

Ear corn, if put in a crib will keep at higher moistures.

As for the other guy who responded rather arrogantly, the comma key is to the RIGHT of M, not left....
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So sorry coonie, I didn't notice that your toes stuck out so far.
 
I would want it to be down to 13% to store, might be kind of hard to do this year. Otherwise pick it and store in crib to shell later.
 
I would sell the darn corn,and buy pig feed as I needed it. No storage , no rodents, no grinding , and most important of all... no risk of Mycotoxin killing your pigs and causing abortions in your bred sows. Have had a real fight with this with our milk cows this last few years, and just said , enough , and went back to prepared feed, and solved my problems. Bruce
 
You'd be better off piling it right on the ground. You might think I'm kidding,but I'm not. I pile my excess right out on sod when I have excess. I piled 10 loads last year,have piled as much as 35 loads and took until April to use it up. No spoilage at all. I use the loader to load it back in to the wagons and grind right out of the wagon. Don't cover it,that just makes it sweat.
 
One thing to know,is it will generally pickup 2 or 3
points of moisture AFTER it goes through the
combine.But since you are picking,not sure how to
test....
 
A sack might not be much different than a non-aerated (spelling?) bin.

You may need to use a crib or a dryer to get all your corn down to 13 percent moisture or less before the weather gets warm or putting it in a (sealed?) sack.

If you are in a dry climate, an aerated bin with an over-sized fan can dry corn without using much heat. Dad used to dry corn with no heat during the day and only a ten degree F heat rise during the night. In a wet year it's good to have heat available as a backup.
 
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