Explore innovative pest management strategies focused on cleanliness and proactive practices in GRDC’s latest article, A Clean Approach to Pest Management. This approach highlights how effective sanitation and hygiene practices can reduce pest infestations, helping to maintain crop health and yield. Learn more about practical steps for pest prevention and control in this comprehensive guide.
Pre-harvest grain storage health check – Chris Warrick, Primary Business.
With harvest looming this livestream will address timely factors that will impact your grain storage outcomes. Preventing issues is always better than dealing with them and the loss they cause. Topics will include high impact hygiene, this year’s protectant choices and application, retrofitting and utilising aeration cooling.
Condensation drains can be left open majority of the time, closed only during fumigation. Thanks to the GRDC’s grain storage specialist Chris Warrick. More info visit http://storedgrain.com.au call 1800WEEVIL.
Updated grain storage manual now available in hard copy from GRDC or pdf https://storedgrain.com.au/grdc-grownotes-grain-storage/ Thanks to the GRDC’s grain storage specialist Chris Warrick.
GRDC Grain Storage Extension Team member Charlie Bergmeier reminds us to include sheep feeders and equipment in our grain storage hygiene regime.
Grain storage specialist Chris Warrick reminds growers to clean up grain storages before the weather warms up and insect pests become more active.
Explore the latest grain storage research, fumigation practices, aeration systems, and on-farm storage innovations featured in the GroundCover Supplement: Grain Storage (Issue 156, Jan–Feb 2022). This edition highlights practical strategies helping Australian growers protect grain quality, manage phosphine resistance, improve storage efficiency, and maximise long-term profitability.
Resistance monitoring of key insect pests has shown that combined grain protectants are a valuable integrated pest management tool for stored grain. Up to 30 per cent of freshly harvested grain is treated with contact insecticides – or grain protectants – before being placed into storage.
