NCGA Honors Voinovich With President’s Award WASHINGTON, D.C. great commitment to U.S. The National Com com farmers. Growers Association “Sen. Voinovich was (NCGA) honored Sen. chosen to receive the 2003 George Voinovich (R- President’s Award because Ohio) with its President’s of his tremendous support Award, a prestigious mark for a renewable fuels stan of distinction given to dard (RFS),” said NCGA leaders who exemplify President Fred Yoder, a Keystone Group Ten Questions! 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I also know that more etha nol is good for farmers and those benefits reverberate across state economies. It’s an honor to receive this award because it’s an honor to serve people who work as hard as Ohio’s farmers do,” said Voin ovich. “It is a privilege to work with Sen. Voinovich on is sues affecting growers,” said Yoder. “From his days as governor of Ohio to his work in the Senate, he has always pursued a progressive agriculture agenda based on innova tion and growth. Sen. Voinovich is a true cham pion of agriculture.” Seven Stars State College Hagerstown MD McVeytown Gettysburg West Milton West Milton (o®im mi mm PENNSYLVANIA CORN GROWERS ASSOC. INC Avoid Insects In Stored Grain John E. Rowehl Penn State Extension Agronomy Agent Here we are again at grain harvest. This has been a very damp year and that has made ideal conditions for the development of stored grain insect problems. Sanitation and management are the best tools to avoid insect problems in storage fa cilities. It is a lot easier to prevent a problem than to fix it. It is also a lot cheaper. Once insects have become established in grain, it can be very difficult to fix without fumiga tion. Fumigation requires a special license and knowledge of the products and their dangers. In some cases, it may be possible to move the grain and treat it during transfer with a labeled product. For preparing for this year’s new grain, the following rules should be followed: • Do not put new grain on top of old grain, and • Clean out the bin to remove any old grain residue on the floor, walls, and ledges. Other measures to prepare grain for stor age include screening of broken kernels and other debris, removal of weeds and old grain from around the grain storage area, and dry ing grain to the proper moisture content. If the grain is to be stored more than six months, a residual insecticide or diatoma ceous earth material should be applied to the grain to prevent establishment of insects. Al ternatively, surfaces of the floor and walls can be treated. Once the bin is topped off the surface of grain can be treated to create an insecticide barrier. This approach avoids ex posure of the entire grain mass to insecti cides. If grain will only be stored during the win ter and sold before the following summer, aeration and cooling can be used to prevent insect establishment and population growth. Grain should be dried to 13 percent moisture or less to prevent insect growth and develop ment. The temperature should also be dropped to between 40 and 50 Farenheit. These conditions stop populations from developing, but temperature and moisture levels can change while in storage due to moisture migration and heating. Therefore, the grain mass should be monitored for moisture and hot spots once monthly while in storage. If either condition is noticed, then the fan should be turned on during a few cool, dry days to remove the moisture and cool the grain. A well-done publication on managing in sects in storage from Kansas State provides information on the strengths and limitation of various products: HYPERLINK “http:// www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/entml2/ mf9l7.pdf” http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/ library/entml2/mf9l7.pdf. A helpful publication from Purdue Uni versity can be found on the web at: HYPER LINK “http://www.entm.purdue.edu/ entomology/ext/targets/e-series/ EseriesPDF/E-66.pdf” http:// www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/ext/ targets/e-series/EseriesPDF/E-66.pdf. Go to HYPERLINK “http:/ www.ento.psu.edu/extension/ fact —sheets.html” http://www.ento.psu.edu/ extension/fact —sheets.html for Penn State’s Entomology Website. This has information for specific insects. Product recommenda tions are in the stored grain section of the Agronomy Guide.
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