You're getting corn to dry this year? Not sure mine is black layered yet south of you. Going to be another long harvest.....
Spoilage is a combination of temperature, moisture content, and time.
So, you can store it for a week or two at a higher moisture.
Or, if it is freezing outside, you can store it for longer & wetter.
On the other hand, if it is real warm, even the 'proper' moisture corn can spoil.
So there is no 100% foolproof answer to your question.
Several coops will take corn for sale at 15% moisture. But if they store it, they want 14.5 or even 14%.
So..... Are you planning on selling it in January in our cold climate? 15% might keep; but you will still get a penalty when you sell it.
You need it to get to 14% to be in the safe & good zone.
That doesn't happen here in my part of Minnesota; one year I got some 16% corn out of the field. In my lifetime. Last year I was lucky to get anything under 20%.
Now, with sun hitting one side of the bin, and temp & humidity changes, and the concrete cold & wicking moisture.... In a bin you gotta watch what is going on in May when our temp comes back up. It can set up a pocket of bad corn in an unvented bin that will fester & make the whole bin go bad over time.
So, you plan on selling this corn, sooner, or later, and so on.
14% is typically ok, but still needs some monitoring.
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