Stored Grain Pest Control Services

Many species of the pests infest and damage stored cereals, grains, nuts, dried fruits and other food products. They include birds, rodents, mites, weevils, beetles, moths, silverfish, fungi and other microorganisms. Stored –product pests are widespread and cause serious economic losses to grain producers, food processors, and consumers. They attack stored products on farms and in processing plants, warehouses, grocery stores, restaurants, homes and virtually any other locations where food is stored or prepared.

Stored-product insects are tiny and difficult to detect in bulk or packaged food products. Therefore these insects unknowingly travel from processing plants to warehouses to grocery stores to restaurants and to household and to institutional kitchens. Even in most carefully controlled conditions, it is probable that some of these pests, in egg, larval or adult forms, will pass from one level of the food handling system to another Chemical control methods.

WHAT YOU CAN DO?
• Aerating the stored product for moisture control
• Controlling storage temperature to reduce moisture condensation or uptake and prevent insect development.
• Rotating or turning the stored products to stop localized pest outbreaks.
• Never store pest-free items near infested products or in contaminated or infested containers or buildings.

INTEGRATED STORED GRAIN PEST MANAGEMENT

• Periodic inspections and monitoring
• Sanitations
• Exclusion
• Nonchemical Pheromonetraps
• Chemical control methods

• Aerating the stored product for moisture control.
• Controlling storage temperature to reduce moisture condensation or uptake and prevent insect development.
• Rotating or turning the stored products to stop localized pest outbreaks.
• Never storing pest-free items near infested products or in contaminated or infested containers or buildings.