Grain Store Articles & Analysis
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Traditional methods, which largely depended on manual labor for monitoring and managing stored grain, have gradually given way to more sophisticated, technology-driven solutions. ...
Seamlessly connect to your grain bins to help manage grain quality and time It’s been a tough growing season and growers have been working hard for every bushel this year. ...
Most of us have heard of “Internet of Things (IoT)” – the interconnected cloud and devices, like our smart watches, that we use everyday to make lives easier. But what do these smart solutions or the cloud have to do with farming? Everything, according to Jeffrey Poppel, senior product manager for Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture. ...
Take a giant step ahead by using farm management software for your crop planning As the influx of agtech sweeps across fields today, the old adage that best-laid plans often go awry no longer applies to your farm. Crop plans may be as old as farming, but the latest in farm management software takes your farm’s success to a new level. “Crop plans may be as old as farming, but the ...
The loss of grain in storage relating to or resulting from living things such as insects, pests, rodents, and fungi and form physical rather than biological such as temperature or moisture lead to global losses that exceed 80 million metric tons in grain storage. Most of the time, Aluminium Phosphide is used for fumigation, though it can be dangerous. Also, insects and pests have developed ...
Cereal crops are typically harvested between mid-July to mid-September but with careful storage can be kept for periods longer than a year.1 Successful storage of cereals involves the balance of a variety of environmental conditions to ensure the maintenance of quality and the original properties of the grain, including weight and appearance. Ideally, stored ...
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is a process using gas sensing that is necessary for increasing the lifespan of food products, which should in turn reduce customer needs to frequently purchase so much food and increase the amount of products that can be stored by supermarkets for putting on display when shelves are empty.MAP involves the precise control of the package’s ...
Find out more about gas sensing for vertical farming: https://edinburghsensors.com/news-and-events/perfect-environment-vertical-farming/ Detecting Spoilage of Stored Grains Over 50% of stored grains are lost after harvesting due to spoilage caused by mould or insect infestation, which could be combatted by the early detection of ...
Insects and mould are dependent on the temperature and moisture of the stored grains, with mould being the more common of the two for grain spoilage. ...
Insects and moulds can grow in stored grain, and their ability to flourish depends on the temperature and moisture of the stored grain. Moulds are the most common cause of grain spoilage and can cause changes in the appearance and quality of stored grains. ...
Objective: High Lea Farm in Dorset provides 125kw / hr to the grid and also provides 147kw of thermal heat to local butchers, a grain drying store, and also an old schoolhouse. Site background: Mixed farm based project. 125kw electricity. 147kw heat/thermal. ...
And the continued wet weather means that now high and variable grain moisture levels are presenting problems with grain handling and storing. ...
Some of the most common additives include pellet binders, moisture optimizers, and grain and feed conditioners. For farmers, the benefits of chicken feed additives are two-fold: (1) longer shelf-life and preservation of feed (2) enhanced nutrition that improves the value of poultry Chicken Feed Ingredients l The seven basic chicken feed ingredients l Cereal ...
Read more here: https://edinburghsensors.com/news-and-events/perfect-environment-vertical-farming/ Detecting early spoilage – Over 50% of grains are lost after harvesting due to spoilage by mould or insects. If grains are properly stored and monitored their shelf life can greatly increase. With Edinburgh Sensor’s gas detection ...
Today, we’re excited to announce Indigo’s acquisition of TellusLabs, a satellite imaging and artificial intelligence company based out of Somerville, Massachusetts. This joining of their mission with ours has been over a year-and-a-half in the making, and is a product of our Indigo Research Partners’ engagement with innovative startups around the world. Here’s the story of ...
Farmers are now able to test the quality of their grain, and then store it on-farm to preserve its identity. Increasingly efficient trucks with advanced routing capabilities can bring identity-preserved, high quality grain from farmer to buyer. ...
Crops are grown, harvested and stored by farmers before being transported directly to markets or to processing plants for transformation into a variety of different products. ...
Every year we hear about tragedies and injuries in grain bins. Grain storage continues to get larger and large bins are used regularly on farms and commercial agriculture businesses. They are a necessary piece of equipment, but safety needs to be top of mind whenever entering a grain bin. Make safe entry a ...
Grain handling, storage and drying equipment is needed on many farms, large agriculture operations and some commercial businesses. K & S Millwrights has worked with various types of locations across the seven state Midwest area of Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois since ...
Insects and moulds can grow in stored grain, and their ability to flourish depends on the temperature and moisture of the stored grain. Moulds are the most common cause of grain spoilage and can cause changes in the appearance and quality of stored grains. ...