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Pacific Northwest wheat growers store grain longer than almost anyone else in the country, which makes pest management more important here than most places.

It’s estimated that grain growers lose roughly $2.5 billion per year, nationwide, because of a lack of insect control during storage. To help Central Life Sciences has a host of products that can help Pacific Northwest growers fight off those pests. Ric ...

Purdue University's Agricultural Safety and Health Program recently released the annual 2020 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-Related Injuries and Fatalities report. The program reported 64 fatal and nonfatal cases involving agricultural confined spaces, including 35 grain entrapments, seven falls into or from grain storage structures, four asphyxiations and 12 equipment entanglements

According to Perdue University, over the past decade grain bin entrapment has led to 370 deaths nationwide.  Because of that, Ag leaders and stakeholders are promoting Grain Bin Safety Week on farms and at commercial grain elevators.   "I signed a proclamation naming February 16th through the 22nd Grain Bin Safety Week," Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue recently announced.  "The pu... Read