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I am cribbing my corn this year. What is a safe moisture you guys recommend for cribbing ear corn. I have the 16 foot tall and about 12 foot across wire cribs. I also have center vent tubes. I have heard I can safely pick and crib 25 percent moisture corn without spoilage. I intend to shell it and haul it in some time in the spring or early summer. I appreciate any help.
 
Where do you live? Here in my part of northwest Iowa 20% is about as high as we used to go in a 10' crib. North of here you see a lot of 8' cribs. Jim
 
I always understood that the mid 20's was ok for cribbing corn. I just wait untill the stalks are dried out and just feel the ears. I never had any problems. I always seem to be the first to start around here but everyone else is shelling it. My 93 day corn I planted in mid May is about ready to go in Mid Mi. There is still alot of greener looking corn around me yet though.
 
I am in central minnesota. I am picking with a New Idea picker 12 row husking bed. I am trying to prevent all the shelling those things are known for. I had one small field down to 21% last week. We had 4 days of showery and cool weather since. Can corn take on moisture like beans do?
 
Nope. Corn rarely gains moisture.

Should be good at 24%, cooler weather is less of a problem so us northerner s can be on the higher side.

I can put 27% in my narrower wooden crib with little problem. 24 should work in your fatter crib.

Paul
 
Pick a bunch of ears at random & put them in water. If they float, you are good to go. If they sink, better wait.
 
I have put 25% corn in 8 foot wide wood corn cribs with no problems, but 25% is way too wet for wire round cribs. I had 15 foot diameter wire cribs and 19% was the highest I would go. 17-18 would be better. The problem is the pile of wet shelled corn you get in the center, it would spoil. I know what you are talking about shelling loss at the rollers. Was any corn pickers better than others? I have just used new Idea and a Moline 320.
 
In a 12 foot round crib I would not go much over 20%. The long narrow wooden cribs I have shelled at 22-23% and did alright. I tried it in a 12 foot round wire crib and the center spoiled.

As for the shelling you need a picker that has stripper plates not just the rolls. The JD 300 pickers and some of the later Allis-Chalmers pickers have stripper plates.

Where yours just has the rolls I found setting the rolls as tight as you can get the stalks through will shell the least corn. With the rolls wide they shell the ends worse.
 
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