It is estimated that 90% of grain stores harbour at least one insect species known to infest grain, underlining the critical ...

Storing grain on the farm, however, requires an understanding of several integrated pest management principles and a little physics. Storing grain and maintaining its quality for long periods of ...

A CONSIDERABLE number of different insects and mites occur in flour and stored grain, some of which bring about serious damage, while others are of comparatively little economic importance.

Are you tired of finding insects in grains? Although most of us store grains in airtight containers, they still get infested with insects. Here are some tips that may save you the trouble ...

Rainfall has benefitted many crops statewide, but the moisture also serves as a catalyst for insects and pests.

Although destructive, these pests don't poison the food they eat. However, they can infest all the grain in an elevator or bin if the conditions are right. Weevils have a distinctive elongated snout.

However, there are also indications that people knew how to defend against these pests – for example, by switching to less vulnerable kinds of grain. Around 8,000 years ago, people began ...

To make matters even more interesting, the moth in question turned out to be Plodia interpunctella, commonly known as the Indianmeal moth or the grain moth, a common household pest worldwide.

USDA-ARS Research Entomologist Haley Butler recently discussed her five-year research plan to help address the chinch bug in ...

Grain mites are small ... mites may have come into contact with will help keep your home free from these pests. Woolly aphids ...

The Grain Pests (War) Committee was appointed by the Council of the Royal Society in June 1916, as the result of correspondence with the Board of Agriculture, in which the Board requested the ...