BROOKINGS, S.D. -- When corn reaches maturity, the moisture content of the kernel is generally between 30 and 35 percent. Weather this time of year can have a major impact on how quickly corn or other ...

No producer wants to throw away money, especially when the majority of input costs are on the rise. As harvest time approaches, many producers will be flipping the switch on their grain bins and ...

An agricultural engineer suggests the use of low-energy grain drying to offset rising energy costs and improve grain quality. Under some circumstances, the technique can reduce costs by as much as two ...

With showery summers predicted to become more common, now is a good time to appraise grain-drying facilities and reinvest where necessary to help deal with any extreme seasons to come. Arable farm ...

Douglas Opio examines how the control panel of the grain dryer works. Photo / Roland D. Nasasira. The most common methods of drying grains is spreading it on a tarpaulin or the bare ground. How long ...

Guelph, Ontario, Feb. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grain Farmers of Ontario, the province’s largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers, ...

Memories of the 2008 harvest, with bogged-down combines, tractors and trailers struggling to leave muddy fields, piles of grain awaiting drying and steam emerging from storage sheds, are all too vivid ...

The field of food science has long embraced drying as a vital preservation method, yet emerging research continues to refine its efficiency and product quality. Modern drying technologies not only ...

Hayleys Agriculture, one of Sri Lanka’s leading agricultural solutions providers, partnered with Shizuoka Seiki Japan, which has been manufacturing agricultural machinery for over 40 years and has ...

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