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DURING WINTER, many farmers plan activities for the coming crop season. Among these plans are the amounts of grain that will be produced, purchased, sold, fed to livestock, stored, etc. If grain will be feed on the fai;m, a number of decisions have to be made about handling, storage, and feeding facilities, notes A.J. Lambert, associate professor of agricultural engineering and Extension specialist at Virginia Tech.
Right now when a possible drying fuel shortage is being discussed, some farmers are considering the storage of high-moisture or acid treated grain. Assuming that fuel will be available to dry farm crops, the alternatives generally boil down to cost of one system of storage versus the other.
One, factor in the storage of acid-treated grain which is often overlooked is that aeration equipment must be used if the grain in the bin is more than 8 to 10 feet in depth. Aer
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