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Corn Quality Issues 10/15/2009
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Corn Quality Issues – Field Molds 10/15/2009
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Grain Moisture Measurements
May Divert Mold, Insect Infestation
Grain storage bins are
routinely monitored for temperature to control insect and mold problems. Now
an Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues at
Kansas State University
(KSU) have preliminary research findings showing that monitoring carbon
dioxide--along with humidity and temperature--also may help detect problems
more effectively.
Grain moisture content and temperature are the primary factors affecting
grain deterioration in storage. If these factors are not properly monitored
and controlled, grain quality can deteriorate quickly due to mold growth and
insect infestation. ARS engineer
Paul Armstrong at the agency's
Grain Marketing and Production Research Center in Manhattan, Kan., and
Haidee Gonzales and Ronaldo Maghirang at KSU monitored a simulated grain
storage bin during aeration to determine if high-moisture grain, or adverse
storage conditions, in the bin top could be detected using sensors to
measure relative humidity, temperature and carbon dioxide levels.
Relative humidity and temperature can be used to estimate grain moisture,
while carbon dioxide levels indicate the amount of respiration due,
primarily, to molds. Current technology allows relative humidity and
temperature sensors to be placed at multiple points within the grain mass.
Carbon dioxide sensing is more feasible at an aeration duct. In the study,
sensors were placed at different depths in the bin. High-moisture grain--
comprising about 11 percent of the volume--was placed at the top of the bin
and produced high amounts of carbon dioxide, which in most cases was easily
detectable during aeration. Lowering grain temperature with aeration
diminished the amount of carbon dioxide produced, making it more difficult
to detect unless the carbon dioxide sensor was located very close to the wet
grain.
Relative humidity and temperature sensing gave good estimates of grain
moisture for all conditions, but under some grain conditions, high carbon
dioxide levels persisted for grain considered to be at safe moisture and
temperature conditions. Combining relative humidity, temperature and carbon
dioxide measurements gave reasonably accurate measurements of grain moisture
content as well as overall storage conditions. ARS is the
U.S.
Department of Agriculture's scientific research agency.
