East Central Ia | IADAVE - 8/11/2024 09:12
Even if you run a few green ones out the back, one is still ahead to run the 18% beans.
Beans at 10% cost too. Also beans pop if they get dry, especially if they have been wet after being dry.
If I have a wet spot I normally have enough drier beans to make a pass of wet ones then a few passes of dry. By the time they get spread out in the bin they will even out.
I cut most of mine at 16-17 last year. No shatter loss. I had a few dry loads in the bottom of the bin as I air dried them some. Most loads came out last week between 12.5 and 13.5 moisture.
That is a lot better than last year when I hauled out a bunch of 8 and 10 percent beans.
Totally agree.
We can store almost all of our soybeans but deliver some during harvest. It works great for us. We start when beans are 14-16% and put them in the bin, deliver a few loads right around 12.5-13%. And then we put 10-12% beans in the bin on top of the wetter ones.
Blow air on them with a full floor and they come out around 12.5-12.8% typically.
It’s crazy how fast we can go to 8-9% beans with the right weather. At times they may never get above 11-12% and by 9-10am they back in single digits… that costs real money. |
Phantom yield loss
