For farmers harvesting high moisture wheat, NDSU Extension agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang says caution is needed when using a high temperature dryer. “Typical recommendations are the higher the moisture, the longer the wheat ends up being in the dryer and the lower the dryer temperature needs to be,” says Hellevang. “General recommendations are based on a traditional cross flow dryer. We’re talking 150 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 to 16 percent moisture. If we’re at that 17 to 18 percent moisture, the temperature probably needs to be reduced down to around 130 degrees Fahrenheit.” This will greatly lengthen the drying time. “If we go hotter than that, we’ll start damaging the milling quality.”
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