Costs And Returns To Drying And Storing Corn On The Farm In North Carolina

Author : R. B. Schwart
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Costs of Drying and Storing Shelled Corn on Illinois Farms written by R. B. Schwart and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one conditioning and storage system can be recommended as the economical. The choice of a system depends upon annual volume, the marketing pattern the type of farm, and the kind and capacity of existing facilities. Drying and storage services of commercial elevators may be the most economical for small volumes of corn production. In-bim dryers provide the lowest cost across the greatest range of annual volumes. At volumes above 20,000 bushels, the addition of a stirring device reduces the cost per bushel by providing greather drying capacity with any given size of heating components. The automatic batch and continuous-flow dryers are very similar in their characteristics and become competitive with the other systems at 60,000 bushels or more per year. Low-temperature drying reduces the requirement for supplemental heat sources, but this saving is offset ty the electricity used to meet the high airflow requirements. The height of the bin is also restricted by airflow requirements. Increasing costs of energy and decreasing supplies of fossil fuels may require major changes in present methods of harvesting, conditioning, and storing corn. More field drying, even at he cost of greatfield losses, may become economical. Natural air and solar drying may become more prominent in the future.