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Grain storage

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to grain storage.

Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also will be attached the latest information in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.

RD-2004-3079 Biopesticides for the control of storage insect pests (SA 269) (LK0967).
To provide the basis for a whole new class of biological pesticides for use in the storage of a wide range of commodities including cereals and oilseeds.

RD-2008-3615 Optimising the use of grain stirrers to enhance on-floor drying 
Project aims to define how the potential benefits of grain stirring can best be achieved in practice, with an emphasis on savings in cost and drying time.

For more information please visit the Grain Storage section of our website

Storage mycotoxins

RD-2005-3201 Defining and managing risks to safety and quality during food and feed grain storage (LK0985)
An industry-led initiative facilitated by HGCA, has identified areas within the grain storage process where there is insufficient knowledge to properly assess and control risks. These areas require that innovative research be undertaken to meet the industry need for a scientifically validated guide to best practice.

Please visit the new Mycotoxin Section of our website for more information about field and storage mycotoxins and to see publications and tools that have arisen out of finished projects.