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The Star
. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
May 24, 2021
Food Pride, Braxton Azure, Kerry Azure, and Zach Azure.
DunSeith students save
The Dunseith Elementary stu-
dents were anxious to begin partici—
pating in the Our Family Direct Your
Labels program sponsored by the
SpartanNash Company and Wayne’s
Food Pride again this year. V
Saving the bar codes earns cash
for the school/students and also earns
two lucky savers a new bike for the
summer!
From left to right are: Teresa St. Pierre, Kannon Rodriguez, Geraldo
Rodriguez, Keyna Rodriguez, Keltyn St. P
Each year for the past 16 years
Wayne’s Food Pride in Dunseith has
given a new bike to the top two
savers of the Our Family UPC bar
codes.
[This year’s lucky winners were
Braxton A'zure and Kannon Ro—
driguez. All students who saved bar
codes were treated to a pizza and
cake party.
ierre, Keanu Rodriguez, Chris Barbot from Wayne’s
abels and earn-bikes from Wayne’s Food Pride
The students and school would
‘ like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to
Chris Barbot and Wayne’s Food
Pride for the bikes and the tasty cake
at the party.
NDSU ~Extension offers summer grain storage
Summer temperatures will warm
grain, which could lead to insect in—
festations and mold growth.
“The goal for summer storage
should be to keep the grain as cool as
possible to extend the storage life and
limit insect activity,” says Ken Hell- .
evang, North Dakota State Univer-
sity Extension agricultural engineer.
Insect reproduction is reduced at
temperatures below about 60 F.
Hellevang recommends ventilat-
ing the top of the bin to remove the
solar heat gain that warms the grain.
Provide air inlets near the bin roof
eave and an outlet near the peak to
exhaust the hot air at the top of the
bin. It’s much like venting an attic;
the heated air rises and is exhausted
at the peak.
A ventilation fan to exhaust the
hot air is another option. Hot air
under the bin roof will heat several
feet of grain at the top of the bin to
temperatures conducive to mold
growth and insect infestations.
Hellevang recommends periodi—
cally running grain aeration fans to
keep the grain temperature near or
below 40 degrees as long as possible
during early summer. Night air tem—
peratures are near or below 40 de-
grees in May.
Running the aeration fan for a few
hours to push air up through the cool
stored grain will cool grain near the
top. Pick a cool early morning every
two to three weeks during the sum-
mer to run the aeration fan, and only
run the fan a few hours to minimize
heating grain at the bottom of the bin.
Cover the fan when it is not oper-
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ating to prevent warm air from blow—
ing into the bin and heating the stored
grain. The wind and a natural chim—
ney effect will push warm air through
the grain. If the wind blows primarily
during the daytime, the grain will be
warmed to the daily maximum tem—
perature.
Hellevang encourages producers
to monitor the grain temperature.
“Temperature sensors on cables
are an excellent tool, but they only
measure the temperature of- the grain
next to the sensor,” he says. “Because
grain is an excellent insulator, the
grain temperature may be much dif—
ferent just a few feet from the sensor
and not affect the measured tempera-
ture.”
Common locations to place a tem-
perature cable are near the middle
and a few feet from the south wall of
a bin.
Grain Summer Storage,
Moisture Content
Having grain at an appropriate
warm—season storage moisture con-
tent is very important to store grain
safely during the summer. The max—
imum moisture content for warm-
season storage is 13% to 14% for
corn, 11% to 12% for soybeans;
13.5% for wheat, 12% for barley and
8% for oil sunflowers.
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Please call 911 for all medical emergencies that require
an ambulance, or dial direct to the Rolette County Sheriff Office
(477-5623). If in doubt, call 911, and the RCSO dispatch will aid in
getting
medical aid to the desired location.
Please DO NOT call the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care
Facility for medical emergencies, as they are not equipped with mapping,
dispatch equipment, or access to state radio systems. ,
In order to serve the community more efficiently, improve response times,
and bring medical aid more expeditiously, we please ask that you call 91 1
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Mold growth will occur at sum-
mer temperatures if the grain exceeds
the recommended moisture content.
The allowable storage time for 15%
moisture corn, for example, is only
about four months at 70 degrees and
two months at 80 degrees.
Checking the grain moisture con-
tent is important because moisture
measurements at harvest may have
been in error due to moisture gradi~
ents in the kernel, grain temperature
and other factors. In addition, the
moisture may have changed while
the grain was in storage due to mois-
ture migration or moisture entering
the bin. ,
Check Stored Grain
Stored grain should be monitored
closely to detect any storage prob—
lems early. Check stored grain at
least every two weeks. While check-
ing on the grain, measure and record
the grain temperature and moisture
content.
Rising grain temperature may in-
dicate insect or mold problems. In-
sect infestations can increase from
. being barely noticeable to major in-
festations in three to four weeks
when the grain is warm.
“Grain temperathre cables are a
wonderful tool, but do not rely on
them to replace inspecting for insects
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or crusting and detecting odors 0r "" before any grain
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’Oftier indicators of storage prob—
lems,” Hellevang says.
Another option for monitoring
grain that is beginning to be used is
to measure the carbon dioxide level.
Mold growth and insect activity pro—
duce carbon dioxide.
Work Safely
Make sure everyone, including
family and employees, working
around stored grain understands the
hazards and proper safety proce-
'dures.
“Too many people ignore safety
practices and suffer severe injury or
death while working around grain,”
Hellevang says.
Never enter a bin while unloading
grain or to break up a grain bridge or
chunks that may plug grain flow.
Flowing grain will pull you into the
grain mass, burying you' within sec-
onds.>Before entering the bin, use the
“lock—out/tag-out” procedures to as-
sure equipment will not start.
Bridging occurs when grain is
high in moisture content, moldy or in
poor condition. The kernels stick to—
gether and form a crust. A cavity will
form under the crust when grain is re-
moved from the bin. The crust isn’t
strong enough to support a person’s
weight, so anyone who walks on it
will fall intotthe cavity and be buried
under several feet of grain.
Determine if the grain has a crust
If work needs to be done withfa‘crust,
it must be done before any grain is
removed.
To determine if the grain is
bridged after unloading has started,
look for a funnel shape on the surface
of the grain mass. If the grain surface
appears undisturbed, the grain has
bridged and a cavity has formed
under the surface. Stay outside the
bin and use a pole or other object to
break the bridge loose.
If the grain flow stops when
you’re removing it from the bin, a
chunk of spoiled grain probably is
blocking the flow. Entering the bin to
break up the blockage will expose
you to being buried in grain and tan-
gled in the auger.
If grain has formed a vertical wall,
try to break it up from the top of the
bin with a long pole on a rope or
through a door with a long pole. A
wall of grain can collapse, or ava-
lanche, without warning, knocking
you over and burying you.
Never enter a grain bin alone.
Have at least two people at the bin to
assist in case of problems. Use a
safety harness and rope that prevents
you from descending rapidly more
than a couple of feet when entering a
bin. ‘
“Take time to think of all options
before entering a bin,” Hellevang ad-
vises.
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