July 1st, 2024 by admin
Growing and harvesting grains is a year-round task. If you cultivate your own crops, you know that it takes careful planning and preparation to ensure thriving grains. Seasonal shifts bring many changes that can affect your grain’s growth rate and quality, including temperature, humidity, water availability, precipitation, agricultural pest migration and frost. These environmental factors…
Grain is a major food staple and provides many nutrients for a healthy, balanced diet. However, grains are particularly susceptible to contaminants like fungus and mold that sprout when grain is improperly stored or insufficiently dried. These contaminants, known as mycotoxins, can quickly colonize your crops before harvest or during handling, storage and transportation. In fact, approximately half…
