Blending Canola

[ado089]

Does anyone know what will happen if I blend my 4% canola with my 14% canola. Will it even out to 9% or will I just have twice as much spoiled/heated canola?

[lesm]

No problem. Blend it well, dump it into an aeriation bin, then run the fan when the temp is above freezing to make sure the moisture in the seed is equal throughout.

[checking]

A problem I wouldn't want to contend with, so I'll defer to lesm's experience.

I think it's a bit of a cheat though to thoroughly blend, (which I believe is impossible to know - a lot like the ideal bin sample, ado!), and still have to hit it with air to feel safe.

So, lesm, how long with the air? Just enough to winter freeze it, or what? Any concern with developing a moisture front?

How many of you have had the exerience of deciding that 6% moisture canola delivered to an elevator was too good a deal for them? Then, run your calculations, and turned on your trusty garden hose to enhance the load. What was the reaction at destination?

Just curious!

[ado089]

I was going to use a 2 box tender truck to blend. A bit of a make work project but if it saves 18,000bu of canola or at the very least a $6,500 drying bill, it could be worth it and it should mix well. The moisture front is concerning but with it being so cold it could just be a frost heave.

I know of a guy that was adding some water to canola at the bottom of the auger, he didn't run it clean and it all swelled, pretty much had to toss the auger. That said over dry canola is a steal for the grain co.s

[Hopperbin]

It is a steel for the grain companies but did you ask if the grain company could blend it. Then you could store it at least for the winter in an air bin then you don't have the trouble of mixing. Last time I hauled to Bunge they docked for the moisture and then paid the averaging at the end of the year actually it was green count back then. Another neighbor hauled a couple super bees of canola with high snow mixture to Cargill picked up and it was paid out as dry because of previous dry loads. Lets not underestimate what this grain is worth to them.

[furrowtickler]

Good point hopper, they still need your grain.

[ado089]

On a normal year it wouldn't make much difference what moisture they write down, the concern being the weight that is lost by delivering 6% compared to 9% canola. That is unless of course you can get them to pay you on a moisture adjusted weight. You know, like the shrinkage they charge on tough grain.

[cottonpicken]

i run a hose out to the bin once in a while,never jammed an auger,but think about how much extra there getting when its too dry.

[dave4441]

If the grain company is an exporter of whole grains, they do not get anything extra benifit in a dry year, because they have no way to take advantage of the lower MC. Different story in a year like this, which most growers quickly pick up on.

[redbaron]

We have a crusher that pays for drier canola seed. For 2009/10 - 4.5 cents/bushel premium per 1% decrease in seed moisture content. The same for oil content. Yes you had to sign a contract earlier in the season. Yet it has been worth it between oil premiums and moisture.

http://www.approducers.com/index.cfm?show=10&mid=4

[wd9]

At 9$ canola they keep half and they give you half. At least its better then nothing.

[ado089]

When all canola is dry, the moisture is simply weight, meaning they are paying for less water and getting the oil cheaper when the canola is drier than when it is not. It's usualy the crusher that see's the benefit.