Terry went out first thing Monday morning
Shelled some corn into a bucket
Then had the corn tested for moisture
WOW! 10%!
Normally we start at 14%!
So there you go
Several weeks early
The 2020 Corn Harvest has begun!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Hi Linda. I’m curious can you explain these moisture percentages more? I know nothing of harvesting but am very interested how it works.
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Corn needs to dry down in order to not mold in the storage bins, or in the grain train cars heading to other places.
As the moisture leaves the corn kernel we start measuring it (with a special meter). Once the moisture in the kernel get to 14% or lower we can start harvest.
Foster Farms (where we sell our corn) only accepts corn at 14% or drier.
There ARE some feedlots and other companies who like ‘high-moisture’ corn and will buy it before the 14% mark.
We have a contract to Foster Farms so we need to meet their requirements.
Thank you for commenting, Dwight. Pleased to meet you.
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Pleased to meet you too, Linda. Thanks so much for explaining that concept. Love learning new things. Also thank you for farming! I appreciate your service😊
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🙂 You are most welcome!
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Fingers crossed you get the whole lot in at that level. What a blessing!
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It is a true blessing! Should take about two weeks, give or take.
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Harvest Time ~ That’s Awesome!
(at least I’d rather be doing it now when it’s not 22° out in January)
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True
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Early corn harvest! Hope all goes well with machinery and weather!
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Me too! It would be great to get done by the first week of November! 🙂
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Wow…..you’re ahead of schedule this year! Good for you. Hope all goes well in the next couple of weeks and it all gets done!
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Thank you, Diane.
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Super photos Linda … best of luck with the harvest! 🙂
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Thank you, we are at a halt right now, but maybe next week that will all change 🙂
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