Minnesota/Wisconsin Engineering Notes

August 2002 Biosecurity and Worker Safety in the Livestock Production Industry: Two Sides of the Same Coin Silage Avalanches Can Maim and Kill Danish Environmental and Pig Housing Trends Grain Storage Tips Available New Bulletin on Irrigation Scheduling Third MWPS Waste Facilities Volume Examines Outdoor Air Quality Larry Jacobson Inducted into the Rural Builder Hall of Fame Bill Wilcke is New NCRSARE Regional Coordinator Resources Calendar

Grain Storage Tips Available Bill Wilcke, Minnesota Extension Engineer Grain Storage Tips: Factors and Formulas for Crop Drying, Storage and Handling, by William Wilcke, University of Minnesota Extension Engineer, and Gary Wyatt, University of Minnesota Regional Extension Educator, is a new, two-page fact sheet that is available via the internet. The fact sheet includes: General tips for successful grain storage; Recommendations on storage moisture, temperature, and airflow; Tables of basic grain properties; Key formulas that are useful in managing stored grain; and References to grain storage publications and computer programs. To access the fact sheet, go to the University of Minnesota Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Extension Postharvest web site, http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/postharvest/ and under “web-based publications” click on Grain Storage Tips: Factors and Formulas for Crop Drying, Storage and Handling. Or go directly to the fact sheet by entering the following URL into your web browser: http://www.extension.umn.edu/specializations/cropsystems/M1080-FS.pdf You can either view the fact sheet on-line, or print out a copy for your files. If you need to make frequent use of the Grain Storage Tips, you might consider copying the fact sheet on two sides of one sheet of paper and then having the sheet laminated. If you are not able to access the fact sheet on the web, contact Bill Wilcke (wilck001@umn.edu or 612-625-8205) for a paper copy.

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