Last year I lost over 1.5% protein on wheat that I dryed. What can I do to minimize this as now it is a definate money loss.
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Protein loss during grain drying
Collapse
Logging in...
Welcome to Agriville! You need to login to post messages in the Agriville chat forums. Please login below.
X
-
An expert reply to your question seems slow in coming, so lets try some farmer to farmer problem solving. I'm new to using a grain dryer and the problem you have had concerns me. I checked out the value of a 1.5 % protein loss at the CWB website: dropping from 1 CWRS 15.0 to 1 CWRS 13.5 was worth 58 cents per bushel in the 99-00 crop year (or $29.00 per acre on a 50 bu/ac crop.) Could you give us more details on the crop you dried? i.e. type of dryer (batch or continuous flow or natural air), air temperature, amount of moisture removed. I suspect these details will help solve the problem. P.S. The cynic in me wonders about the accuracy of the protein test, but that's a whole other question.
-
In 1999 I started combining at approx.17% moisture. Protein was around 13% when tested at elevator. When dried in batch drier at 110 degrees F protein had dropped to 11%. Some had dried standing and protein had also dropped to 11. This year I may take the tough discount to keep the protein. Same tester same elevator agent (that I trust).
Comment
-
Thanks for the info. The crop was red spring wht 'neepawa' 130 acres swathed same day. 1/3 combined early @ 13.4 prot.& 19 % moist and dryed next 2/3 combined dry. last 1/3 rained on and comb dry later. all stored in different bins. Sold bin #1 1/3 dryed #1 @ 11.9 prot bin #2 not dryed #2 @12.6 prot bin #3 rained #3 prot ??? My dryer is IBEC continuous flow and I keep my temp's at seed level(max 140 wht) as per ab ag 'cerial Grain Drying and storage gov.ab.ca/crops/cer-drystore.html. This year I'm going to watch this better as no answer seems to be out there.
Comment
- Reply to this Thread
- Return to Topic List
Comment