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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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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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Insect Control
08/11/2023
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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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Insect Control
Care required as low-level phosphine rejections climb (GRDC GroundCover Sept 2022)
Download pdf Recent reports indicate an increasing number of trucks are being rejected at delivery for excess phosphine. The rejections fall into one of two
05/09/2022
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Grain Storage Facilities
Grain Silos Tested – Kondinin Group Research Report 2022
Download the Kondinin Group Research Report on Grain Silos 2022
05/09/2022
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Insect Control
How good are stored grain protectants?
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.
26/02/2022
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