We're are the corn burners

[Warm winters]

Hi all new to the forum and have really enjoyed all the good stuff you all
Are posting. I bought a st croix greenfield got it all installed and did first fire up
Last weekend. Everything went great I'm using pellets right now and may
Get a ton of corn to do a 50 50 mix should this be easy to deal with I've
Been told using all corn can be tricky to run.

 

[acowherd]

My stove is rated for 50/50 mix. I have been thinking about running some corn in mine as well.

 

[Warm winters]

My stove is rated for 50/50 mix. I have been thinking about running some corn in mine as well.

I live in Midwest and corn is running about 7.00 for 80 pound bag it's a no
Brainier on cost just don't want trouble on my first year.

 

[acowherd]

I grow corn. I should have saved some for stove burning.

 

[TonyVideo]

The key is it needs to be less than 15% moisture content.

 

[Warm winters]

The key is it needs to be less than 15% moisture content.

What is the best way to check moisture

 

[Big papa]

Will be trying corn too but haven't had time to get some yet

 

[acowherd]

Take a coffee can full to your local co-op. They have a moisture tester.

 

[Peterfield]

Will be trying corn too but haven't had time to get some yet

In New England, where would one look for the right corn to burn? Anyone know what the price is per ton up here?

 

[Arti]

What is the best way to check moisture

A lot of Farmers have a moisture tester.. A grain elevator will have a moisture tester and would more than likely test it for you.

If you can find a friendly farmer to sell you some the current cost of corn in this area it figures out to approx $130 a ton or $3 a bushel. You would need a wagon or trailer of some type to haul it and a way to store it. I put mine in barrels when I got it home.
35 Bushels is approx a ton. Last years crop is dryer than the new corn.
A mix of pellets, corn and a small handful of oyster shells keeps the stove happy.

 

[BrotherBart]

The name of this room originally was The Pellet Mill and Corn Crib. But all of the corn burners were over at IBC and corn prices went through the roof so corn burners were scarce.

 

[acowherd]

Corn is cheap now and plenty of it!

 

[TonyVideo]

Corn is very corrosive with the sugar content. Venting to compensate this needs to be different than just for a stove that is pellets only. I am not sure about a 50/50 mix and it's effect on venting.

 

[Caleb Joens]

I'm burning 50/50 this year. Lots of heat for less money. Plus it smells better when you are outside. Just make sure you have venting rated for corn.

 

[DOLLARBILL]

My 1st stove was a Bixby corn was 175 a ton and it did require more work than not ! Prices here in Maine went through the roof ! I bought two Harmans been burning wood pellets Ohhh for 5/6 years and haven't looked back !

 

[allied35]

I burn 50/50 in my M55. Runs like a champ and the heat is much more then pellets alone.

@Peterfield - yield this year in central NY sucks so corn prices are not super low like in other parts of the country. I just paid 250 a ton for 50lb bags. I usually get it from my father-in-law for next to nothing.