Malt Barley

[tweety]

Hopalong, do you have a dryer? If yes, then swath, harvest tough, dry, bin. Cash malt cheque.

[bucket]

Tweety

Wouldn't it be better to sell that barley for seed for 10 bucks a bushel because barley acres will be up next year with the returns some are seeing?

Just seems to be the way it goes.

[Integrity_Farmer]

Bucket
Sell for seed? Have you heard about plant breeders rights.

[Hopalong]

Tweety, yes we have an older propane fired dryer but have not used it for several years.
Full floor aeration, mechanical unloading and hopper bottoms have taken over.
As well, propane cannot compete with elevator drying with natural gas.
Intend to take grain off starting at nineteen per cent moisture. Sometimes have good opportunity to blend down.
Do not begrudge elevator company profits, only have to think back to back breaking labour and lack of ability to deal with a wet harvest in the good old days.

[farmaholic]

Someone with experience drying "malt" barley with a grain dryer better chime in. Reduced heat to protect germ....I have no experience with it.

Will you really ger considered cept 19 moisture barley. They seem to have a hissy fit if its a bit tough and say germination can be affected at not much above whats considered dry for long term storage. Good luck. Lots of time for aeration to do its work...its early.

[farmaholic]

Oops, I meant.

Will you really get them to accept 19 percent moisture barley?

[nicolaas]

150 deg F, take last 1% out with air. Keep it moving, don't batch.

[farming101]

Have never hot air dried malt barley. I didn't know you can successfully dry at 150 degrees.

[fjlip]

Farm fans batch, SuperB batch all do malt at 150/130F. Been done around here, slow go, still risk if very tough. Aeration does not always keep germ either.

[Guest]

dried lots at 130 degree superB , never a problem . have probably dried some at 19 mt I think