Breakage Susceptibility of Blended Corn

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1984
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Nguyen, V.
Wilcke, Walter
Anderson, M.
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A test of the breakage susceptibility of blended corn was conducted with four moisture levels of dry corn (8, 9, 11, and 8.9% desiccant) blended with 24.4% moisture corn to two theoretical moisture levels (15.5 and 20%). The study showed that blending wet and dry corn increases the Stein breakage 0.74 to 4.47 points for a 15.5% blend and 1.54 to 10.6 points for a 20% moisture blend. The breakage in local handling due to blending wet and dry corn is likely to be from 0.1 to 1.7%, which will probably not result in a discount at the time of sale.

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This article is from Transactions of the ASAE 27 (1984): 209–213, doi:10.13031/2013.32762. Posted with permission.

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