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2. Purdue Improved Crop Storage bags - Wikipedia

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   Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags (formerly known as Purdue Improved Cow-pea Storage bags) [1] are bags developed by scientists at Purdue University [2] to store grain and seeds. They use hermetic storage technology to reduce loss of post-harvest cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ) due to bruchid infestations in West and Central Africa .

3. Silo - Wikipedia

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   Plastic silos, also known as hopper bottom tanks, are manufactured through various processes such as: injection molding, rotational molding, and blow molding. They are constructed using a wide variety of polyethylene plastics. The silos are light weight and make for great small scale storage for farmers with livestock and grain operations.

4. Grain storage on subsistence farms - Wikipedia

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   This method achieves hermetic grain storage by three bags. This method is generally used for storage and transport of cowpeas, hence the name, but the method can be used on other grains. The heavy polyethylene bags with 80-μm thickness come in 50 - kg or 100 - kg. The first polyethylene bag is filled completely and then tied securely.

5. How to Store Rice So It Stays Fresh For Years - AOL

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   Therefore, finding an oxygen-free glass or heavy plastic container for long-term storage is imperative to the shelf life of your rice, she says. If you are planning to buy rice in bulk, use glass ...

6. Food storage container - Wikipedia

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   Many products use low-density polyethylene formed into plastic bags or plastic boxes. There are many makers of plastic boxes some such as Tupperware and Lock & Lock are known throughout much of the developed world. Metal containers. Longer-term storage or storage of items needing a higher degree of protection from the elements may use sheet metal.

7. Modified atmosphere - Wikipedia

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   Air-tight storage of grains (sometimes called hermetic storage) relies on the respiration of grain, insects, and fungi that can modify the enclosed atmosphere sufficiently to control insect pests. This is a method of great antiquity, [16] as well as having modern equivalents. The success of the method relies on having the correct mix of sealing ...