RALEIGH, N.C. (RFD News) — As wheat harvest picks up and moves north in the coming weeks, growers are preparing grain bins for another storage season.
John Mays with Central Life Sciences joined us on Monday’s Market Day Report to discuss why bin preparation is important before harvest, the risks of insect infestations in stored wheat, and practical steps growers can take before and during harvest to help reduce those risks.
Mays also discussed how a proactive grain protection protocol can help protect grain quality and improve return on investment.
“The USDA estimates about two and a half billion dollars worth of loss to bugs every year in storage, and that’s just on the storage side. As we look at different crops, wheat is one of the most susceptible ones that’s out there. Doing a grain protection protocol is one of the key things, and again, bugs don’t get killed. Once they burrow into a kernel, they don’t die with cold weather. If you make it through the winter and then it starts to warm up, you could have serious damage. The ROI of treating your grain pays for itself in a very short amount of time.”
With wheat harvest expanding northward, Mays said now is the time for growers to prepare bins for the storage season ahead.
