Posted 9/23/2014 09:22 (#4089182 - in reply to #4089032) Subject: RE: Phantom yield loss
neukm - 9/23/2014 07:57
flatlick farmer - 9/23/2014 06:30
there is almost always losses here that can not be identified.
Tell me how you arrived at this conclusion, I'm genuinely curious.
I fully understand harvest losses and early premiums. But we are talking "phantom" loss, ie, that which can not be explained
I concur, this is about the "phantom" yield loss. Harvest losses, insect damage losses, can all be explained. And people can identify their own risk, and target methods to minimize it, but the "phantom" yield loss was used to justify the purchase of a heck of a lot of dryers and gas.
I never believed it either, but I'm very rational when it comes to things like this. I did have a theory once about enzymes gassing off starch or parts of the kernal after black layer. Like turning it into CO2 and H2O, and the heat of the dryer might kill that enzyme. Losing weight to a gas is the only way it is possible to lose kernal weight after black layer. But that was just a theory I pull out of thin air, I've never seen any study that went down that rabbit hole.
Phantom yield loss
