Corn/Feed Prices

[retrieverman]

Metal here as well. I've heard rodents are tough on the plastic drums.

I was leaning toward food grade plastic barrels with screw on lids. Mine will be stored in my barn, and I keep rat bait out and don’t appear to have much of a rodent problem.
These are 58 gallon and had olives in them, and I can get them locally for $25 each.

 

[Okie4570]

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Are you in the correct thread? Go yell somewhere else......we're discussing throwing away hard earned money on corn and feed for deer here lol.

 

[Okie4570]

I've stored mine several times over the winter in open top chemical crates, like the ones I use when the combine fills them up in August. I have a feeling corn will be cheaper at the end of the summer than now.

 

[dennishoddy]

I was leaning toward food grade plastic barrels with screw on lids. Mine will be stored in my barn, and I keep rat bait out and don’t appear to have much of a rodent problem.
These are 58 gallon and had olives in them, and I can get them locally for $25 each.
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Impressed! Those drums could be used for emergency water/food storage as well. The only issue I see is getting the corn out when they get low with the smaller opening. I typically use a small 1-2 gallon bucket to get inside the drum and fill a 5 gallon bucket that is then carried to the feeder and put in until full. Labor intensive it is.
If you have your rodents under control, go for it I'd say. My drums are stored about 50' away from the feeders. Whenever I visit during hunting season or after, I always open the tops if it's a sunny day. It's amazing how much moisture comes out of that sealed drum. You can feel it on your face. I'll leave the top off with the sun on it and take care of some other chores before coming back to stir it around some and put the lids back on.
Mine are not a full 55 gallon drum. I think they are 48 gallon or something like that. Catalyst comes in them to the local refinery to be used in the refining processes. The catalyst is in plastic bags that get pulled out and the drums are discarded. Galvanized lids/clamp seals and fresh paint on the inside.

 

[cowadle]

i wouldn't seal the drums air tight???? a big ole bag would be my choice or a grain bin. rodents could be a problem. a long time ago we used wooden reinforced bins to store grain. the door had slats in it that you could remove as the level went down.

 

[OKRuss]

Impressed! Those drums could be used for emergency water/food storage as well. The only issue I see is getting the corn out when they get low with the smaller opening. I typically use a small 1-2 gallon bucket to get inside the drum and fill a 5 gallon bucket that is then carried to the feeder and put in until full. Labor intensive it is.
If you have your rodents under control, go for it I'd say. My drums are stored about 50' away from the feeders. Whenever I visit during hunting season or after, I always open the tops if it's a sunny day. It's amazing how much moisture comes out of that sealed drum. You can feel it on your face. I'll leave the top off with the sun on it and take care of some other chores before coming back to stir it around some and put the lids back on.
Mine are not a full 55 gallon drum. I think they are 48 gallon or something like that. Catalyst comes in them to the local refinery to be used in the refining processes. The catalyst is in plastic bags that get pulled out and the drums are discarded. Galvanized lids/clamp seals and fresh paint on the inside.

Getting the feed out is my only challenge. Saw on Youtube where a guy uses a modified shop vac with several hoses connected. Might be worth looking into.

I like those drums Retrieverman and should work fine.

I'm curious if you couldn't pour like a 5 lb bag of white rice over the top of your corn to absorb the moisture. I remember seeing rice in the salt shakers where it's really humid.

 

[retrieverman]

Getting the feed out is my only challenge. Saw on Youtube where a guy uses a modified shop vac with several hoses connected. Might be worth looking into.

I like those drums Retrieverman and should work fine.

I'm curious if you couldn't pour like a 5 lb bag of white rice over the top of your corn to absorb the moisture. I remember seeing rice in the salt shakers where it's really humid.

I hadn’t thought of using rice, but now that you mention it, my Great Grandmother always had rice in her salt shakers. I had been thinking about regular desiccant but haven’t priced it yet.

 

[cowadle]

I hadn’t thought of using rice, but now that you mention it, my Great Grandmother always had rice in her salt shakers. I had been thinking about regular desiccant but haven’t priced it yet.

won't work. unless you are purchasing direct combine run the corn probably is already dry enough. just don't seal it up let it breath. look at the repurposed material places and buy a couple of those collapsible rigid totes or just buy bagged corn on the pallet and keep the mice away.

 

[cowadle]

I was leaning toward food grade plastic barrels with screw on lids. Mine will be stored in my barn, and I keep rat bait out and don’t appear to have much of a rodent problem.
These are 58 gallon and had olives in them, and I can get them locally for $25 each.
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drill some holes around the bottom and a few in the lid? should work fine. insects will need to be monitored

 

[Raido Free America]

Are you in the correct thread? Go yell somewhere else......we're discussing throwing away hard earned money on corn and feed for deer here lol.

Okie........... The discussion was the high cost of corn, due to infaltion! And while you are at it you can kiss this fat mans ass!