Organic Advisor Call Series
Welcome to the Organic Advisor Call Series — quick-hit conversations on the hottest topics in organic field crops.
Whether you're tuning in from your desk, truck, or tractor, you'll spend one hour each episode learning about emerging issues from expert farmers and industry leaders.
This season’s episodes cover everything from market outlooks and weed control in soybeans to cutting-edge tech like drones and robots — and a whole lot in between.
Organic Advisor Call Series
Meeting Spec: Maintaining Quality in Stored Organic Grain
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You can't maintain grain quality if you don't know what's in the bin. In this Organic Advisor Call, Sam Oschwald Tilton of OATS talks with Curt Petrich of HC International about maintaining quality in stored organic grain. They discuss grain testing, documentation, storage management, and why understanding grain quality is essential for successful marketing and preserving value after harvest.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
• USDA Visual Guide to Grading Grain: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/FGISVirtualReferenceImages.pdf
• USDA Grain Standards: https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/grain-standards
This event is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).
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