A short video on high impact tips for effective hygiene and structural treatments for grain storages.
Continue readingMoving your grain? Tips on storage hygiene
Needing to add grain storage on-farm? Things to consider
Considerations for expanding on-farm grain storage facilities
Continue readingGroundCover Supplement – Grain Storage (Issue 119, Nov–Dec 2015)
Explore the GroundCover Supplement: Grain Storage (Issue 119, Nov–Dec 2015), featuring the latest research, grower case studies, and practical strategies for on-farm grain storage. Topics include phosphine resistance, aeration cooling, nitrogen storage technology, grain hygiene, and tools helping growers improve grain quality and profitability.
Continue readingSolar-Powered aeration cooling shows promise (GRDC Groundcover)
Independent engineers and grain storage specialists have demonstrated that the sun’s energy can be harnessed to keep silos that are located away from a mains power supply cool and insect-free. Tests in a 75-tonne silo at Wyalkatchem, Western Australia, 200 kilometres northeast of Perth, by independent engineers. Ben White and Josh Giumelli and grain storage specialists Chris Warrick and Peter Botta showed it is possible to build an energy-efficient, solarpowered. aeration-cooling system.
Continue readingLong Distance Insects raise the Hygiene Bar (GRDC Ground Cover)
New insights into the ecology of three major
insect pests of stored grain have implications
for farm hygiene practices
Oxygen Starvation Trial (GRDC Ground Cover)
WA growers will put controlled-atmosphere technology through its paces this harvest,
as part of research into chemical-free alternatives for stored-grain insect control
Search continues for phosphine alternatives (GRDC Groundcover)
It seems unlikely there will be a single solution to replace the highly effective phosphine. Rather, a suite of alternatives will be required, applied with tactical precision to extend the life of phosphine and maintain Australia’s export commitment of nil live insects in grain shipments
Continue readingIt’s all in the seal (GRDC Groundcover)
Replacing oxygen in grain storage silos with nitrogen has proven an effective way to remove insects at all stages of their life cycle, leaving stored grain – be it wheat or canola – preserved, residue-free and subject to no withholding periods.
Continue readingReduced pest burden slows resistance (GRDC Groundcover)
This GRDC GroundCover feature brings together two articles exploring the benefits of aeration cooling in grain storage, including solar-powered aeration systems and research showing how cooler grain temperatures can reduce insect pressure and help slow phosphine resistance development.
Continue readingGCTV17: Asset Depreciation – Silos
A video of aspects to consider before purchasing silos – impacts that last longer than the depreciation tax break.
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