Rye moisture???

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 23, 2015

Checked my rye moisture this evening by cutting a 100 feet or so in the field with the combine. The grain is 14-15 percent moisture. Would you start cutting or wait a few more days? I want to clean it to sell as cover crop seed this fall. I do have several air tubes that screw into a wagon that have a fan on top. Would they dry it down more or not? I have a 2000 bu bin but it does not have a drying floor just a tube that goes in along the concrete. I do have a fan that could be hooked to the tube to blow air on it. We are to have thunderstorms starting saturday and lasting into the middle of next week. I am a little worried about it heating and hurting the germination when we plant this fall as I usually like to cut at 13 percent or below. Thanks for your input. Tom

coonie minnie · Jul 23, 2015

1) How good is your moisture tester? Making sure you are actually at 14-15 and not 16-17 is key.

2) i've kept wheat on a wagon at 14-14.5 and planted it in fall with no issue. If you can get it tomorrow in the late afternoon it would most likely be OK.

3) A bin with an aeration floor and a big fan is your best friend. Get one. I've dried wheat from 17 to market moisture in a couple weeks with no heat. Add the shrink, moisture dockage and what not from the elevator- it'll scare you. Add the fact you suddenly will have more market opportunities (like haul somewhere to get better basis, etc) and that bin is paid for very quickly.

In short if you are 14 something, it'll be OK, provided it is a small pile. Less than 250 bu in a wagon, parked in a dry shed should be OK.

JD Seller · Jul 23, 2015

If your sure it is under 15% and you can run some air on it to cool it after you cut it I would be cutting NOW. You will get more grain at 15% than at 13% due to combine loss. I always run my wheat or spelts whenever they went under 15%. I would bin them and run air on them right away. Never had any issues. Now with Oats I usually wanted them under 14% to run them.

Hay hay hay · Jul 24, 2015

Best Rye is 100% moisture. Crown Royal or Canadian Club. So sorry, just could not resist a wise crack.

buickanddeere · Jul 24, 2015

(quoted from post at 08:25:00 07/24/15) Best Rye is 100% moisture. Crown Royal or Canadian Club. So sorry, just could not resist a wise crack.

Beat me to it. I was going to say rye with moisture 100% below 32F is ideal. Crown Royal , 40 Creek, 12yr Canadian Club are all good.
Crown Royal Reserve is dryer and has some oak barrel flavour. Too good to mix with anything but ice.

Hay hay hay · Jul 24, 2015

Agreed...ice only.

coonie minnie · Jul 24, 2015

100% moisture (water) would make for some weak wiskey...

Hay hay hay · Jul 25, 2015

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moisture
Merriam‑Webster
noun mois·ture ˈmȯis-chər, ˈmȯish-. : a small amount of a liquid (such as water) that makes something wet or moist.

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