Posted by Centash on November 20, 2019 at 14:56:54 from (67.21.103.109):
In Reply to: Re: It's in the bin. posted by john in la on November 20, 2019 at 11:41:50:
Grade 2 corn has a bushel weight of 56 pounds . Grace 3 corn will have a lighter bushel weight, thus needing more volume to weigh a ton. Price for grade 3 corn is obviously less than grade 2, grade 4 is even lower, and sample grade is the lowest. Dockage has little to do with grade. The elevators can readily remove foreign material from the corn and this weight of foreign matter is deducted from your loads weight. Broken kernels are also considered dockage but most elevators can sell this product. This year was especially bad for broken kernels because of the late maturing high moisture corn. Case in point....we harvested the test plot today....it was planted first on the best part of the field, averaged 175 bushels per acre, moisture 23 percent and a very high test weight. These same varieties were placed into the rest of the field 2 or 3 weeks later in less the ideal no til conditions and struggled all summer. Just goes to show how important early planting and seed bed preparation can be.
By the way, that wet corn cost me 72 cents per bushel to dry....bye bye profit :^( Ben
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