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Insect resistance testing
Contact details to send grain storage insect samples for resistance testing.
26/01/2024
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Grain Aeration
Grain Aeration Design and Performance Guide 2024
This summary of development activity work conducted by the GRDC grain storage extension team investigates current knowledge and understandings relating to the aeration of grain in storage in Australia.
26/01/2024
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Insect Control
Stored Grain Protectant Application System Components
Grain storage specialist Chris Warrick explains, as a structural treatment for empty grain storages, DE (Diatomaceous Earth) is far more effective than lime.
25/01/2024
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Grain Storage Facilities
Smart Storage Setups (Kondinin Group 2021)
Case study examples of on-farm grain storage facilities, published by Kondinin Group in 2021
20/01/2024
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Grain Storage Facilities
Pressure relief valves
Grain Storage Specialists Ben White explains the purpose and use of pressure relief valves on silos.
02/11/2023
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Grain Storage Facilities
02/11/2023
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Economics of Grain Storage
Aeration running costs
Grain Storage Specialists Chris Warrick and Ben White step through an example to calculate aeration running costs.
02/11/2023
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Economics of Grain Storage
On-farm grain storage: Part 1/6 Economics aeration
A simple step by step run through of how to calculate running costs of aeration cooling fans.
01/11/2023
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Insect Control
Get Gas-tight Storage
Grain storage specialist Chris Warrick encourages growers without any sealable silos to get some gas-tight storage to enable fumigation when required.
21/08/2023
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Grain Hygiene & Structural Treatments
Winter is The Time for Grain Storage Hygiene
Grain storage specialist Chris Warrick reminds growers to clean up grain storages before the weather warms up and insect pests become more active.
21/08/2023
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