Last fall's delayed harvest not only troubled farmers who had to deal with high moisture corn and testing for mycotoxins, but created problems for ethanol plants as well, Ethanol Producer reported. While some farmers harvested corn anywhere from 14 to 40 percent moisture, ethanol plants typically accept corn of about 16.5 percent moisture or lower. Ethanol plants have also been focusing on visual inspection, sampling and grain grading, testing for mycotoxins, grain cleaning and quality assurance of distillers grains, as distillers buyers feared mycotoxins and demanded testing to prove toxins levels were under the acceptable limit. With large percentages of Midwest corn going into ethanol production, there wasn't enough drying capacity to deal with all the wet corn and there have been numerous instances of corn spoiling in outdoor piles.

(Ethanol Producer, March 17, 2010)

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