Propane availability

BIG RUH · Oct 4, 2014

Talked to my propane supplier this morning. He says that we're in better shape for propane supply then last year. Last year there was no gap between corn drying and home heating. This year major corn drying is over and home heating hasn't really started yet. He says the propane supply is a lot better this fall then last year.This may differ in other areas. I'm in the St. Louis area.

Russ from MN · Oct 4, 2014

We are seeing some new big storage tanks set up this summer along the highway, maybe about 30,000 gal each. Owned by the local distributor, probably for filling small trucks. I am glad we don't use propane, I would want to have a big enough tank to last all winter!

RayP(MI) · Oct 4, 2014

That's about what my supplier said in June, for central Michigan, course corn hasn't started yet.

Eric in IL · Oct 4, 2014

I suspect there are quite a few more people who have made changes to prepare for a shortage or price gouge this year.

Very little corn has been shelled by me. ( about 70 miles N.E. of St. Louis.)

As the price of corn continues to fall, many farmers get stingy with drying costs and tend to wait on mother nature. It is starting to look like mud is coming in our future.

BIG RUH · Oct 4, 2014

Corn harvest here is about 1/2 done. I prepaid for 1,000 gallons this summer at $1.69 a gallon. I have paid around $2 a gallon about 4 years ago, but didn't prepay that year.

Gambles · Oct 4, 2014

With corn at $2-something a bushel, most farmers won't be putting as much propane into drying their corn, unlike last year when it was over twice that price. Still, I have contracted some propane.

Mark-Ia · Oct 4, 2014

Corn harvest here in central Iowa has barely started. Too wet to get into the fields. People have been leaving ruts in both the bean and corn fields. Corn still over 20% mopisture.Many fields still have green stalks.

ss55 · Oct 4, 2014

I wonder if the ideas for making wood burning, corn stalk burning, and corn burning crop driers will get dusted off again. One of the problems with them was the fuel has to be dry to get the best heat output, unless they burned last years carry-over crop.

JD Seller · Oct 4, 2014

Nation wide the corn crop is only 17% harvested. So I would say that your looking at local conditions and they are not in a major corn producing area. As for farmers drying corn or not. They will go all out to harvest and WILL be drying the corn too. The harvest loss by a later harvest will nullify any gains by nature drying at this time of the year. This is especially true if you have very many acres to harvest.

The high prices last year where caused by the propane just not being where it was needed when it was needed. There was not a nation wide shortage just not enough in the right places.

rossow (mn) · Oct 5, 2014

I prepaid close to what you did ($1.65 for 1,000 gallons). I'm afraid to even check what prepaid was when the contracting period ended. I've heard it was quite a bit cheaper, and I don't even want to know. I do recall being over $2 a few years ago; last year was $1.49. (South-central Minnesota)

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