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Post by MarlandS on Sept 2, 2012 11:30:10 GMT -5
Just a thought for those of you with Aflatoxin problems . Be sure to set your combine for max air on sieves to blow out small tips off end of cob and have the screens on your clean grain and return elevators .
If you can't just get back in line at the Coop and get the load passed and you don't have the luxury of waiting until winter to deliver it when they might not be as particular , drop it in a bin and run the corn through a grain vac coming back out . Preferably a Rem or Brandt because they separate the air and dust from the grain .
If you can't get your hands on a vac , running the corn through a cleaner in to and out of the bin with the fan running should clean it up enough to pass .
Yeah these methods will take some time and cost a little money but they won't cost as much as the 1 - 2 dollar docks .
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Post by 420 on Sept 4, 2012 12:39:57 GMT -5
Who has aflatoxin and how bad is it, we havent started yet and dont know what to expect.
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Post by kcm on Sept 5, 2012 9:25:16 GMT -5
In my part of Kansas the highest I have heard has been around 150. I got tired very quickly of messing with it last year so I chopped all my corn for silage this year. The sheet I got explaining my test last year said absolutely not to feed it to poultry. I've got a handful of chickens and got tired of buying feed for them,so I started feeding them some of last years corn this summer, with no effect I can see, for whatever that is worth.
My dad says there has always been aflatoxin, it has just not always been easy to test for, and everyone is now making too big of a deal over it, and I think he is probably right.
I can always change my mind, but I have pretty much had it with high priced seed corn and the drought kicking my ass all the time. I'll probably go back to mostly milo, just like granddad did 20 years ago. Whatever I might give up in yield, which won't be much I will gain in my seed costs going to $10 per acre. Plus, milo stalks are a lot better to graze than corn.
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Post by 4450 on Sept 6, 2012 13:04:22 GMT -5
I guess I'm feeling the opposite. I've about had it with milo. Yes the seed is cheaper than corn, but I spend more trying to control the weeds, I've had to spray for headworms the last 3 years (didn't this year because it doesn't look like much of a crop), usually have to wait forever for it to dry down and then it's usually 50 cents cheaper than corn. Granted my milo will make a little something if it doesn't freeze early and my poor ground corn only made 12, so milo holds the advantage there. But I think if I plant the corn thinner than the seed salesman keep recommending it would do a little better on the poor ground.
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Post by Topshot on Oct 24, 2012 3:14:34 GMT -5
Around "here" I haven't heard of much of a problem with it. I had one field tested and it came back "under 5" parts per billion or million, whichever it is, which is basically none. They sure scared everyone about it though.
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Post by alex8100 on Dec 12, 2012 13:08:58 GMT -5
Certain two facts on this post unequivocally the best we have all had.I'm totally agree with you that be sure to set your merge for max air on sieves to strike out little guidelines off end of cob and have the displays on your clean grain and return elevators. Everything this post is completely true.I agreed what's said above!!!
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Post by iadave on Dec 15, 2012 10:57:13 GMT -5
I have rode this aflotoxin rodeo before. The most important thing to remember is when you leave the farm with a load of corn is to have plenty of fuel in the tank. Every load will get a clean sample if sampled enough times.
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