Weight losses and corn-quality changes from drying and handling were measured at two modern country elevators. In addition to moisture losses, material handing losses averaged 0.88% of initial weight, with a range of 0.64% to 1.33% of initial weight. There was a fourfold increase in breakage susceptibility and a twofold increase in physical kernel damage after drying. Load-to-load variations in moisture content and test weight decreased after drying while load-to-laod variations in BCFM, breakage susceptibility and harvest damage increased after drying.