Cargill Inc.

Joseph Michael Lewis

Chad Allen Conard

Lawrence Edward Fosdick

Eugene Joseph Fox

Steven W Kirkvold

Eugene Max Peters

Eric Stanley Sumner

Riley Neil Smith

Ping Yang

Jill Louise Zullo

Abhay R Ladhe

Jacob A Leland

Anthony John Schanilec

Nicholas Wayne Bethke

Donald Grunig

Hadi Nayef Yehia

Ricky Allen Stock

Billy Franklin Gwaltney

Marie Khagik Costanian

Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.

Method and apparatus for reducing aflatoxin-contaminated corn

A system and method for handling and transporting moist bulk grain by-products include a rail car having an aluminum car body carried by a plurality of trucks for engaging rails. A flexible top cover, supported by a plurality of breakaway curved ribs, is positioned over an open top of the rail car to protect the moist bulk grain by-products carried therein. The car body has a front end and a rear end each having a wind screen for spoiling or deflecting the flow of air over the car as it moves to prevent the flexible top cover from being lost or damaged. The car may be emptied by a car inverter over a conveyor, such as a reciprocating floor which carries the moist grain by-products to a mixer, or transportation vehicles for distribution to customers or users of the grain by-products.

System and method for transporting and handling bulk quantities of bulk feed

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Arlington, NE, United States of America

Joseph Michael Lewis