High Moisture Grain Storage
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Description
If a shortage of fuel develops for drying corn and sorghum in the fall, one way to work around the problem is to store as high moisture grain that portion of the crop to be used as livestock feed. High moisture storage is an efficient method of handling feed grains used by many livestock feeders as an “every-year” practice. Research and on-the-farm experiences have shown that storing high moisture grain in gas-tight storage units, reasonably tight conventional silos, and “sealed” bunker or trench silos offers farmers a low fuel-requirement alternative of storing grain in addition to several other advantages. Preserving high moisture grain with organic acid treatments in corrosion resistant bins provides another alternative for storing feed-grain successfully.