. Agri-news. Agriculture. 7 November 17, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BINNED RAPESEED - SAFE FOR STORAGE? by Murray Green Alberta Agriculture's Farm Machinery Engineer, Airdrie The rapeseed you harvested this fall was probably safe to put into storage; or was it? Much of it was harvested close to the acceptable "dry" moisture level of 10 per cent, but the warm sunny weather caused rapeseed temperatures to rise as high as 30 ° C and higher. One can see from the following chart, prepared by Agriculture Canada and the University of Manitoba, that a high temperature can cause spoilage. Few
. Agri-news. Agriculture. 7 November 17, 1980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BINNED RAPESEED - SAFE FOR STORAGE? by Murray Green Alberta Agriculture's Farm Machinery Engineer, Airdrie The rapeseed you harvested this fall was probably safe to put into storage; or was it? Much of it was harvested close to the acceptable "dry" moisture level of 10 per cent, but the warm sunny weather caused rapeseed temperatures to rise as high as 30 ° C and higher. One can see from the following chart, prepared by Agriculture Canada and the University of Manitoba, that a high temperature can cause spoilage. Fewer Days Of Safe Storage. 6 1 I 1 1 I I I I 1 I I I I I I I M I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I 1 I M 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Temperature ° C At BinrJng The reason that grain, and especially oilseed crops, heat in storage is that the micro-organisms on the grain continue to live and produce heat and moisture. How active the microbes are, and whether or not they will cause grain heating, depends upon the moisture content and the temperature of the grain itself. The high temperatures at which rapeseed was harvested in Alberta this fall will keep the micro-organisms active and could cause heating in the bin. ione(403) 427-2127 - (cont'd) - A\b&\a AGRICULTURE Communications Division. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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