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 ...

Warm, dry weather can result in soybeans being too dry at harvest. "The soybeans lose weight and become brittle, increasing the potential for handling damage when they are too dry," North Dakota State ...

Where is substantial drying capacity important? In the North, where wheat is regularly cut at moisture contents in of 20% and more For large contract-farming operations that stretch combine capacity ...

You can now determine where you can reduce energy costs in your grain drying systems, thanks to a new online calculator provide by Purdue University. The Purdue Energy Estimator estimates energy costs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts share tips to keep stored grain cool, monitor conditions and safely manage bins if you’re holding grain into late ...

A little-used grain-drying technique can help farmers control energy costs, according to an Ohio State University agricultural engineer. Robert Hansen, of the Ohio Agricultural Research and ...

Farmers are finishing harvest as we transition from a nice warm fall to cooler temperatures and precipitation coming as snow. Following is some guidance on drying and storage during this transition.

Island grain farmers are reaping the benefits of dry weather as the last of the harvest comes in. Combines, trucks and tractors are moving easily over the hard, dry ground. And the grain that's ...