Where to buy corn?

[iwantoburncorn]

I live in Mt. Pulaski Illinois (in between Decatur and Springfield) and I was wondering where to buy corn to burn in my Quadrafire Mt Vernon (non AE)? Do you just call an elevator? I'm new to this stuff.

[tsmith]

I live in pennsylvania, and I just purchase from the local feed mill, sure there should be one somewhere near you there in illinois. Or you could contact local farmers and try to buy from them, then you will have a consistant quality of corn, at the Mills it is a mix of everybody's corn.
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[rb62]

If you buy it from an elavator ask them if they could screen it (they usually charge extra) or clean it yourself. It may be cleaner if you buy it a farmer. Moisture should be no more that 15%. I buy mine in 100# bags.

[kappel15]

as all the above have said.
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[farmich]

I think you would be better off planning to screen the corn yourself.
I buy my corn from the local elevator already cleaned an I still run it through a little box screener. All it takes is one wood screw or bolt found before it makes its way into your stove makes it worth it.
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[iwantoburncorn]

So just screen it through some rabbit wire? Or does it have to be a finer mesh?

[rona]

1/2 inch will take out the bigger stuff and 1/4 inch will take the fines. If yoiu add a fan it will take the beeswings,

[SidecarFlip]

When I buy my corn it's cleaned for animal consumption which means it's all run over electromagnets and screened.

If you buy corn from any large elevator, thay all have the capability to magnetically screen. It's about hardware disease in cattle.

Farmers don't screen anything.
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[rona]

Farmers will screen corn around here as the elevators dock pretty heavy for too much fines in the corn. For the feed mills it isn't that important but if it is going elsewhere it has to be decent and with the poor harvesting conditions it just has to much fines in it.
It has been several years since they had to screen it so it will be a slow process.
As far as metal in the grain there is huge magnets in the pits and other places to catch any metal before it gets into the farmers feed bins.

[tallcorn]

Magnets only work for ferrous metal items. Aluminum, plastic and other junk get by the magnets.
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[kappel15]

didn't i read once a long time ago, of them trying to feed plastic pellets or something to cattle for some reason?
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[rona]

That was a long time ago. It was supposed to provide bulk in their diet.

[kappel15]

ok. thanks. new i wasn't dreamin.
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[SidecarFlip]

Cattle will eat about anything with the exception (in my experience) of DDG. They don't seem to like it.

Far as any non ferrous stuff in my corn, I've never had a jam..yet. 230 inch pounds should handle plastic. Besides plastic burns.
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[tallcorn]