spraying bins

[rook]

I've never sprayed for bugs in bins before and have never had a problem. However, this year I wouldn't mind doing some of the old bins with bad floors that look like they may at some point be good bug breeding ground.

What are the products to use? What are they like to apply?

Are there any non-chemical types? I'm a conventional farmer but nonetheless I don't like the idea of spraying an insecticide in bins that store grain for food...

thanks in advance for any tips

[crusher]

We use diatomaceous earth. It comes in a granular/powder and we make it into a slurry and spray the floors, up the bin wall and around the outer doors. Haven't had a problem, but we are seed growers and vac the bins also.

[LWeber]

Up to July 22 - WB is anywhere from 45% to 64% deficient from normal rainfall and is one of the worst hit for drought.

Rain is falling right now and the radar shows that it is intense but is probably too late to do any good.

google: west bengal, rice, drought and you can read for an evening.

[food4u]

We also use DE withgreat results. We just put the powder in with the first few loads and then again after the bin is 2/3rds full, we add it with every load. The last load gets extra because the top of the pile will be where the problem start.

[Zaphod]

Here's more info about oilseeds. Maybe it's not so bad.

Monsoon rains in July have accelerated sowing of summer-sown oilseeds in key Indian states, boosting prospects of a good crop, but rains in next two months
would be crucial for output, a senior trade official said.
"In the beginning of June the picture was gloomy since there was rain deficit throughout the country. But July was very good and now acreage is practically the same as last year," B.V. Mehta, executive director of the Solvent Extractors' Association of India, told Reuters in an interview.
Output of soybean, the main oilseed crop, may touch 9 million tonnes in the year ending Sept 2010, if rains are normal in August and September, Mehta said. As per trade estimates, India has harvested 8.2-8.5 million
tonnes of soybean in the current year ending Sept 2009.

[ward.toma]

Do not use malathion to control insects in bins that
will be used to store canola. Malathion is absorbed
by oils and will migrate into the seed. Malathion
residues can impact any market, including domestic
use of canola in Canada.

The Japanese government is introducing new food
safety legislation that will prohibit entry of any
commodities if pesticides residues are found above
the allowable limit. If malathion is detected above
the allowable limit in Japan the shipment will be
rejected resulting in millions of dollars of losses
and increased testing of all shipments to Japan.

Japan is the number one customer of Canadian
canola seed and imports over $450 million each
year.


More information on storing canola can be found at
www.canolacouncil.org/export_ready.aspx

Ward Toma
Alberta Canola Producers