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This is not a peer-reviewed article Paper Number: 026111 An ASAE Meeting Presentation Influence of Grain Handling Equipment on Commingling and Residual Grain Maria Elena Ingles ASAE Student Member, Grad. Research Assistant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Mark Casada, P.E. ASAE Member, USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan, KS Ronaldo G. Maghirang ASAE Member, Associate Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Written for presentation at the 2002 ASAE Annual International Meeting / CIGR XVth World Congress Sponsored by ASAE and CIGR Hyatt Regency Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA July 28-July 31, 2002 Abstract . Concern about the possible effects of genetically modified crops has increased the demand for segregating grains during handling and processing operations. Research on the amount of commingling of different grains in an elevator is limited. This study evaluated the level of commingling at a grain flow rate of 51 t/h (2000 bu/h) at the research elevator facility of the USDA- ARS, Grain Marketing and Production Research Center (GMPRC), Manhattan, Kansas. White corn was first loaded in the elevator followed by yellow corn. Samples were taken after the yellow corn had passed the elevator boot, weighing scale, and grain cleaner. Samples were sorted by color and components were weighed to determine commingling, defined as the percentage of unwanted grain in th