Post-Harvest Grain Quality Tip #4: Remember Quality-Safety Relationship

This grain conditioning tip is taken from a July/August 2020 GRAIN JOURNAL Q&A interview with Tim Sullivan, Tim Sullivan, LLC, Barnum, IA (515-351-0925).

What safety practices should be considered while holding grain in storage over time?

Develop a plan in advance that prioritizes bin space for longer term storage.

During static storage periods, avoid entering bins to conduct inventory measurements or quality evaluations.

Establish a relationship with third-party sources that can provide bin-whip or grain vac service should the need arise. Let the professionals do the work that requires their expertise.

Intuitively, we recognize that there is a direct correlation between low-quality grain and employee engulfments. Or, in other words, employees are not having to enter bins that contain free-flowing, U.S. No. 2 yellow corn.

A substantial part of grain elevator safety is driven by grain quality. Manage quality like your and your employees’ lives depend on it.

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Reprinted from Grain Journal July/August 2020 Issue

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