hobbyfarm Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 It is interesting you guys are talking about this not going to waste. I see yellow in the picture and I was thinking I would feed that or at the minimum mix ir in if I had access to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman13 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 make alcohol out of it, a little water or ash wont hurt gasohol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superih Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Found out today the corn is all headed to the landfill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfarm Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, superih said: Found out today the corn is all headed to the landfill Why not a manure spreader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superih Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, hobbyfarm said: Why not a manure spreader? Dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Plow Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Alcohol plants will usually accept damaged grain.....surprised they aren't trying with some of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfarm Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, superih said: Dunno Landfill here is $65 a ton tipping fee. That would be north of 3 million to dump 2,000,000 dry bushels if I did my math right. I imagine it soaked up some water and isn't dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I wish I knew someone that worked in that landfill. I'd be there with a vac loading it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1256pickett Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 46 minutes ago, hobbyfarm said: Why not a manure spreader? My guess would be insurance company mandated it be 'destroyed'. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearclash Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 That is strange. There was a fire in stored corn locally a few years back. At least some, if not all of it, was pulled out, cracked, piled and covered silage pile style. All got fed to cattle to the best of my knowledge. The only reason I can think of they they aren’t trying to salvage this corn would be on account of debris, particularly nails, mixed in the corn from the burned roof. I thought there were companies out there whose specialty was recovering grain in situations like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1466IH Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 46 minutes ago, 1256pickett said: My guess would be insurance company mandated it be 'destroyed'. ?? I doubt that. Usually insurance companies will find a buyer to try and recover some of their money 38 minutes ago, Gearclash said: That is strange. There was a fire in stored corn locally a few years back. At least some, if not all of it, was pulled out, cracked, piled and covered silage pile style. All got fed to cattle to the best of my knowledge. The only reason I can think of they they aren’t trying to salvage this corn would be on account of debris, particularly nails, mixed in the corn from the burned roof. I thought there were companies out there whose specialty was recovering grain in situations like this. There are. There is a family here locally that Salvage grain and fertilizer. They aren't much of a crew but they have done some very big jobs for some big facilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Remember the roof was wood with asphalt shingles nailed down. So how many nails do you want spread in your fields? They are digging into the hot spots and and water usage is now over 7 million gallons. It's a mess for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichow7120 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 53 minutes ago, 1256pickett said: My guess would be insurance company mandated it be 'destroyed'. ?? Thats what im betting happened. I even mentioned it being a possibility earlier in the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichow7120 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 51 minutes ago, Gearclash said: That is strange. There was a fire in stored corn locally a few years back. At least some, if not all of it, was pulled out, cracked, piled and covered silage pile style. All got fed to cattle to the best of my knowledge. The only reason I can think of they they aren’t trying to salvage this corn would be on account of debris, particularly nails, mixed in the corn from the burned roof. I thought there were companies out there whose specialty was recovering grain in situations like this. Like you said companies special ive in it. But do they specialize in getting debris out? Most of them handle if a bin goes bad. Not for all intents and purposes a building burning down on top of it. Getting all that metal out to feed to animals sounds like a nightmare I wouldn't want to touch. And honestly you probably wouldn't want all that metal running through the mills at a ethanol plant. Plus the possibility of it the distillers grain being loaded with metal. I bet no one would want to deal with making it useable. Insurance probably doesn't want the liability if it hardwared a bunch of livestock if they sold it to someone and it wasn't cleaned up properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Wouldn’t want the volunteer corn growing in the field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superih Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The fire was put out with $hit water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
766 Man Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 11 hours ago, Reichow7120 said: Like you said companies special ive in it. But do they specialize in getting debris out? Most of them handle if a bin goes bad. Not for all intents and purposes a building burning down on top of it. Getting all that metal out to feed to animals sounds like a nightmare I wouldn't want to touch. And honestly you probably wouldn't want all that metal running through the mills at a ethanol plant. Plus the possibility of it the distillers grain being loaded with metal. I bet no one would want to deal with making it useable. Insurance probably doesn't want the liability if it hardwared a bunch of livestock if they sold it to someone and it wasn't cleaned up properly. Now I am getting nightmares. Used to be a farmer several miles away that kept several Tox-O-Wic dryers to use as blenders to get rid of grain gone bad. I heard of all kinds of things blended into his corn. Nuts and bolts, small dead animals, etc. Whatever the loader caught with the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewcrew Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I’ve got an update on the corn. A company out of eastern iowa is doing salvage on it. Of course much of it is destined for the landfill due to contamination, but a bunch is headed to ethanol plants, and around 40 trucks are bringing some back to Iowa. Some are running as many as four trips per week, but not all. There it’s going in a bunker for a feedlot. It sounds like the guy is paying very little other than trucking, but the trucking is significant. Over $3 per bushel, but it’s about 1000 miles round trip. My buddy is one of the trucks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Wonder who is feeding it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewcrew Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 hours ago, nepoweshiekfarmalls said: Wonder who is feeding it? I’ve been told Luxembourg but not more specific. I could possibly find out more but I don’t feel too many details are appropriate on a public forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaseIH Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I live directly across the street from the elevator and me and my brother called it in. They thought it was a prank at first when my brother called till I called and told them to get anyone and everyone over here now!! My wife was doing laundry about 9 o’clock when she said the barn is on fire and I thought she meant our pole barn! When the first ladder truck finally showed up it was so hot that the water stream was vapor half way to the top. We got evacuated around 11 and told to go to the high school to sleep on bleacher😂 needless to say we headed for the farm. Hour later we were told we could go home but didn’t feel like waking everyone and I had to be up in 3 hours for work. My cousin was on the local fire crew and trucked 750,000 gallons the first day and got sent home after he couldn’t stay awake anymore. They are still working steady here now and the trucks are lining up almost every morning when I leave for work on our road. Friends at the elevator said the corn going to Iowa was going to a hog farm 510 miles away. Some of the better corn went to Breckenridge to MAC and was being dried again and trained out to somewhere. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewcrew Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I didn’t save the picture of the delivery point, but they are grinding it with a tub grinder and piling it in a bunker. My friend thinks it’s 20% moisture or more. Definitely cheaper to store and feed wet vs drying it again. But he’s supposed to be paying close to $3 per bushel trucking to Iowa. I assume the grain itself is stupid cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Went by there today. Half mile out you could smell the pile. Some of the better corn is being trucked to their plant in Oakley and dried for blending,only 3 trucks hauling that.The dark brown in the pict. is the land fill stuff and that is getting blended in the fill I'm told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaseIH Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 One of the corn haulers got stuck tonight next to the house so I grabbed the 826 to pull him out. Poor guy was told where to park before the snow came haha the wife took a video but here’s a pic of the fun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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