(PhysOrg.com) -- Aeration -- blowing ambient air through grain storage bins -- has been used for decades to maintain the quality of grain by keeping it cool, as well as to manage stored insect pests.
Science Daily: Company eliminates pests from stored grain with ozone and reduce costs
The process of eliminating pests from stored grains with ozone replaces the chemical tablets phosphine and methyl bromide, which are toxic and carcinogenic, used in traditional spraying methods. With ...
The Journal: Worried about mold and pests in stored seeds and grains? Just chill
Worried about mold and pests in stored seeds and grains? Just chill
"Reprinted for distribution by the Association of Operative Millers." "This handbook supersedes and enlarges Farmers bulletin 1260, "Stored-grain pests"--Prelim. p ...
Stored grains are attacked by several pests. They assume importance as they start their damage in the field itself. Generally insects fly from nearby farms, farm store houses or farmer storehouses and ...
Grain harvest is in progress across the state. It is not too late to review basic on-farm grain storage principles for maintaining quality of stored commodities. Preparation includes several practices ...
Brazilian-based Cool Seed is bringing its experience in chilling stored grains and seeds in grain bins and warehouses to the United States market. Cool Seed’s U.S. sales and operations manager, Eric ...
A laboratory milling device for improving stored grain management has been developed by agricultural scientists. The system, called the "insect-o-graph," can detect internal insects in wheat that are ...
FARGO - A warm spell in January is a good time to check stored grain. "Search for small changes that are indicators of potential problems," advises Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University ...