Advanced Grain Operations Short Course Outline
(NOTE: This agenda is representative of the expected course material, but order of presentation is subject to change)
Monday, 8 August
8:30 AM
Arrive at Hansen Center for Course Check-in
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Welcome, Participant Introductions and Orientation
- Review of course content, access to e-copies of presentations and resource materials
- Grain Quality Characteristics and Measurement
- Break
- Air Properties (Psychrometrics) for Drying and Cooling
Noon - Lunch & Group Photo
- Grain Handling Equipment (p1)
- Air Properties, Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) and Safe Storage
- Break
- Hands-on Equipment and Grain Aeration & Storage App Training (Session 1)
- Adjourn
Tuesday, 9 August
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Grain Handling Equipment (p2)
- Aeration Principles – Purpose, Hardware, Airflow Rates, Cooling Front Movement
- Break
- Equipment Maintenance
Noon - Lunch
- Aeration Principles – Airflow Resistance, Uniformity and Distribution
- Inventory Management
- Break
- Hands-on Equipment and Grain Aeration & Storage App Training (Session 2)
- Adjourn
Wednesday, 10 August
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Grain Conditions Monitoring (Temperatures, Moisture Content, CO2)
- Operations Costs
- Break
- Grain Drying Principles
- Operating Grain Dryers (p1)
Noon - Lunch
- Operating Grain Dryers (p2)
- Aeration Principles – Fan Selection and Sizing with Hands-on Exercise
- Break
- Hands-on Equipment and Grain Aeration & Storage App Training (Session 3)
- Adjourn
Thursday, 11 August
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Inspection, Receiving, Binning and Shipping
- Aeration Principles – Fan Operation and Control
- Break
- Managing Outdoor Grain Piles
Noon - Lunch & Course Graduation Certificates
- Course Evaluations
- Managing Aeration Shrink Loss in Bins, Silos, Tanks and Ground Piles
- Using the Grain Aeration & Storage App for Weather Forecasting and Shrink Management
- Break
- Hands-on Equipment and Grain Aeration & Storage App Training (Session 4)
- Adjourn
Participants leave Ames late in the afternoon of Thursday, August 11, 2022