GSI announced in mid-September that it was introducing a new line of mixed flow grain dryers, which will be available for the 2025 growing season. That, according to the company, now gives it one of the broadest ranges of dryer types on the market from any one brand. According to Alan Lockwood, GSI’s product manager […] Read more
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Feds spend $97 million on agricultural clean tech projects
Glacier FarmMedia – The federal government today announced some $97 million in funding for farms and agri-businesses to adopt cleaner technologies like more efficient grain dryers, solar power and precision agriculture technology. “Canadian farmers fully understand the need to take care of the environment and they are constantly innovating to find new solutions to reduce […] Read more
Grain drying alternatives called few
Engineers working on grain drying technology said alternatives to fossil fuels are years away. William David Lubitz, associate professor at the University of Guelph’s school of engineering, and Chandra Singh, senior research chair in agricultural engineering and technology at Lethbridge College, told the Senate agriculture committee that farmers have no viable replacements for propane and […] Read more
Grain drying cost drops drastically
The cost to dry corn today is about 2.4 percent of corn’s value. That’s a significant drop from 1980 when the cost was about 18 percent of the corn’s value. On the Prairies, this change results from more efficient dryers and better access to natural gas and liquified propane, says GSI specialist Lee Bonn. “In […] Read more
What’s better, mixed flow or conventional dryer?
Cross flow
Mixed flow dryers are up to 30 percent more fuel efficient than conventional screen dryers. That efficiency relates to how air flows through the dryer, and that depends on dryer design. “In a conventional cross-flow, the air flows perpendicular to the grain. The grain column is vertical and the air flow is horizontal,” said Lee […] Read more
