Chuck Zumbrun

Tales from Skunk Hill

Picking Corn

Picking corn today.

Combining
Combining

These rows are a half mile long. Around here that’s a long row!

Long Rows
Long Rows

Unloading back at home into the corn dryer.

Unloading
Unloading

We want the corn to be 15% to 15.5% moisture coming out of the dryer.

Moisture Tester
Moisture Tester

This is a little wet at 16.5%, I increased the dryer cycle time to take out a little more moisture.

The dryer will work most of the night, drying the corn we picked today. And tomorrow we’ll do it all again.

If it doesn’t rain.

One response to “Picking Corn”

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    Missy

    So… those are long rows to hoe? <>

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