While hygiene, monitoring and disinfestation are the best methods of achieving quality preservation in storage, silos that do not seal are difficult to control insects in.
Aeration provides a substantial reduction in insect activity by cooling the grain and dramatically slowing the insect lifecycle but will not kill insects.
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RESEARCH REPORTS
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Protecting grain in storage is key to preserving quality.