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Just augering from one trailer to another will kill the mites and help put some air through it. They have soft bodies, not like weevils & beetles. Don't stand there breathing in any dust while it is flowing though. Main job is to keep it cool.

Hardness testing can be a nightmare. Some hard varieties can test soft and vice versa, so end users needing a soft spec (e.g. for malting) will ignore the variety and test for hardness.

I get asked that all the time :ROFLMAO: Lots of books about ergot on ebay, but no actual ergot for sale.

Are you asking about commercial store rental costs or storage construction/purchase/ownership costs?

Is it a DON, ZON or Ochra they are asking for?

Fingers crossed. Might be worth sieving some into a tray and bringing them up to room temperature to double check. We have a lamp with a built in magnifier that we use to look for passengers. Only cost about £30.

Don't need to panic about booklice, just get it cooled down to single figures ASAP and keep a close eye out for anything more sinister. Dealey's recommend a highly scientific finger test when finding bugs in stores: https://www.dealey.co.uk/blog/booklice-bugs-in-grain-stores

Mites wont damage grain, they just live on the organic dust between the grains, except predatory mites (who eat other mites). Mites are allergenic if inhaled, with hayfever/asthma type symptoms and they will also cause rejections if found (especially in milling & malting grades).

Unlike beetles & weevils, mites are soft bodied so don't survive grain handling (especially conveyors/elevators/stirrers). It seems a shame to resort to the cost & paperwork of an insecticide if there is a cost effective alternative (as long as mites are the only issue).

Booklice aren't a problem, they don't damage grain and won't survive the winter. They are hygiene related (damp & warm), so look out for other species and get the temps down ASAP with plenty of ventilation.

How did this end up? Thanks Is there now a specific payment for intercropping/bicropping/companion cropping?

Not sure how much it should cost, but we would charge £13.32 to dry malting barley from 18+ down to 14.5

Does anyone know what the contract spec for Navara mill is?

TASCC assured stores are now limited to handling RT assured grain only. A long time ago TASCC stores could take non-assured grain in and then outload it as TASCC assured (as long as there was a magic wand near the pits) Then the TASCC rules changed to say it had to be completely separate in...

More likely to be 12.5% screenings.