Grain Drying, Handling, & Storage

Grain Drying, Handling, & Storage

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NDSU Presentations

Corn Drying and Storage (htm)

Corn Drying and Storage (ppt) - Download to your computer and open in Powerpoint to obtain text using Internet Explorer.

NDSU Publications

Grain Drying and Storage Publications

Number	Title	Year	Cost
Poster	Cool Grain to Prevent Storage Problems
EB25	Sunflower Production	1994	$8.00
EB26	Potato Production (Potato Storage)	1994	$7.50
AE84	Temporary Grain Storage	1998
AE701	Grain Drying	1994
AE791	Crop Storage Management	1990
AE808	Crop Dryeration and In-Storage Cooling	1983
AE850	Pneumatic Grain Conveyors	1985
AE905	Grain Moisture Content Effects and Management	1995
AE923	Calculating Grain Drying Cost	1990
AE945	Equivalent Weights of Grain and Oilseeds	1987
AE1044	Grain Stream Sampling and Sampler Construction	1992
AE1071	Safety With Grain Augers	1995
AE1102	Caught in the Grain!	1995
AE1119	Maintaining Corn Quality for Wet Milling	1996
EB No.35	Natural Air-Low Temperature Crop Drying	1993

MWPS Publications

The following MWPS Publications can be purchased from their website.

Grain Drying, Handling and Storage Handbook, MWPS-13
Low Temperature and Solar Grain Drying Handbook, MWPS-22
Dry Grain Aeration Systems Design Handbook, MWPS-29
Managing Dry Grain in Storage, AED-20
Managing and Designing Bunker and Trench Silos, AED-43
Silage and Hay Preservation, NRAES-5
Refrigeration and Controlled Atmosphere Storage for Horticultural Crops, NRAES-22
Produce Handling for Direct Marketing, NRAES-51
Facilities for Roadside Markets, NRAES-52
Forage Moisture Determination, NRAES-59
Silage: Field to Feedbunk, NRAES-99
Managing Risks and Profits: Grains, MWPS-MRPG
Home Storage of Fruits and Vegetables, NRAES-7
Proceedings from the Sixth International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference, NRAES-71

Publication Links

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Storage

General Storage

Calculating Bushels

Computations on Grain Stored in Various Configurations

Grain Cleaners and Spreaders

Grain Storage: Value, Costs, and Returns

Guidance on Flood Water-Damaged Grain

Initial Condition Determines Quality of Stored Grain

Prepare Grain Bins and Equipment for Harvest

Storing Wheat

Using Farm Moisture Testers

Storage Management

Keep Stored Grain Cool in Spring

Cereal Grain Drying and Storage

NDSU Offers Winter Grain Storage Tips

Flax Storage

Managing Dry Grain in Storage

Managing Grain for Year-Round Storage

Management - The Key to Maintaining Stored Grain Quality

Management to Maintain Stored Grain Quality

Managing Stored Grain

OSU - Stored Product Management - Pub.E-912 (Full manual is 32 chapters) Wheat and Barley Storage

Questions and Answers: Peaking Grain in Round Storage Structures

Storage of Canola

Stored Grain Fungi

Storing Wheat

UNL - Management to Maintain Stored Grain Quality G94-1199-A

Storage Management - Aeration

Aeration of Stored Grain

F-1102 - Aeration Systems for Flat Bottomed Round Bins

F-1103 - Aeration Systems for Cone-Bottomed Round Bins

Holding Wet Corn With Aeration

Management of Stored Grain with Aeration

UNL - Aeration of Stored Grain G84-692-A rev.'93

UNL - Holding Wet Corn With Aeration G87-862-A rev. '95

Alternative Storage

Adapting Silage Silos for Dry Grain Storage

Converting Tower Silos for Dry Grain Storage

Emergency Storage of Grain : Outdoor Piling

Ground Piling Design and Management

Purdue - Adapting Silage Silos for Dry Grain Storage

Temporary - Emergency Grain Storage Options

Temporary Grain Storage Considerations

Temporary Grain Storage Structures

Temporary Grain Storage Tips

Using Existing Buildings for Temporary Grain Storage

Insects

Controlling Indianmeal Moths in Stored Shelled Corn and Soybeans

Fumigating Farm-Stored Grain With Aluminum Phosphide

Fumigating Stored Grain

Insect Management in Grain Stored on the Farm

Insect Pest Management in Farm-Stored Grain

ISU - Indian Meal Moth

KSU - Management of Stored Grain Insects - Part I

KSU - Management of Stored Grain Insects - Part II

KSU - Management of Stored Grain Insects - Part III

Ohio St - Confused and Red Flour Beetles HYG-2087-97

Ohio St - Granary and Rice Weevils HYG-2088-97

Ohio St - Sawtoothed and Merchant Grain Beetles HYG-2086-97

Prevention and Control of Insects and Mites

Preventing Stored-Grain Insect Infestation

Purdue - Principal Stored Grain Insects of Indiana

Purdue - Stored Grain Insect Pest Management

U of MN - Stored-product Insects and Biological Control Agents

UNL - Fumigating Farm-stored Grain With Aluminum Phosphide G86-790-A rev. '98

Safety

Beware of Flowing Grain Dangers

Clearance of Electric Supply Conductors to Grain-Handling Equipment, AEX-290-94

Explosion Venting and Suppression of Bucket Elevator Legs

Grain Bin Entrapment: What if it Happens to You?

Grain Handling and Storage Safety

Grain Storage Safety

Preventing Grain Dust Explosions

Rescuing a Person Trapped in Grain

Safe Grain and Silage Handling

Safe Storage and Handling of Grain

Drying

Cereal Grain Drying and Storage

Corn Tips for a November Harvest

Dryeration & Bin Cooling Systems for Grain

Dryeration and In-Storage Cooling For Corn Drying

Drying and Storing Sunflowers

Drying frost-damaged Crops

Drying Wheat During a Cool & Late Harvest

Fan Sizing and Application for Bin Drying/Cooling of Grain

Grain Drying And Storage of Damp Grain

Harvesting, Drying, and Storing Grain Sorghum

Harvesting Grain Drying and Storage

Natural Air Corn Drying

Natural Air Corn Drying in the Upper Midwest

Natural Air Grain Drying in Ohio, AEX-202-90

Natural Grain Drying in Ohio

Post-Harvest Tips for Late Maturing Corn

Selecting Fans, Determining Airflow for Crop Drying, Cooling, Storage

Service for Testing Grain Dryers

Solar Heat for Grain Drying-Selection, Performance, Management

Soybean Drying and Storage

Sunflower Tips for a November Harvest

UNL - Natural Air Corn Drying G85-560-A

Wheat and Barley Drying

Feed and Forage

Bacterial Inoculents for Silage

Bagged Conventional Silage

Baled Silage for Livestock

Determining Forage Moisture Content with a Microwave Oven

F-1011 - Bunker Silo Sizing and Management

Forage Losses = Economic Losses, so Minimize Them

Forage Sampling and Sampling Equipment

Hay Storage

Heat Damage in Silage and Hay

Indoor Hay Storage: Dry Matter Loss and Quality Changes

Large Round Bale Hay Storage

Large Round Bales: Management

Large Round Bales: Safety

Mechanically Conditioning Alfalfa Hay

Molds and Mycotoxins in Feeds

Principles of Silage Making

Round Bale Hay Storage

Round Hay Bale Storage

Sampling Forages for Testing

Temporary silage storage systems

UNL - Feeding High Moisture Corn G74-100-A

UNL - Rodent-Proof Construction: Drains and Feeding Equipment G94-1217-A

Handling

Conveying Equipment for Agricultural Products

F-1105 - Auger Conveyors

Fan Selection Software (University of Minnesota)

Software: FANS: Fan Selection for Grain Bins

Download Windows version (90K)
October 1998: Corrected an error in parameters for flaxseed

This program is in the form of a self-extracting archive. After downloading WINFAN.EXE to your disk, doubleclick WINFAN.EXE to extract the three files:
WINFANS.EXE -- the program
FANS.DAT -- a database of over 200 commercial fans
WINFANS.HLP -- help file

Download DOS version (93K)

This program is in the form of a self-extracting archive. After downloading FAN.EXE to your disk, enter FAN to extract the two files:
FANS.EXE -- the program
FANS.DAT -- a database of over 200 commercial fans

Equipment Links

Grain & Feed Equipment Buyer's Guide

Information Links

University of Minnesota - Post Harvest Handling of Crops publications

Extensive Publication Resource at Purdue University

Calculating Grain Weight Shrinkage in Corn Due to Mechanical Drying

Costs of Drying High-Moisture Corn

Dryeration & Bin Cooling Systems for Grain

Drying Grain for Quality

Drying of High Oil Corn for Quality

Drying of White Food Corn for Quality

Drying Soybeans Requires Special Considerations