Storage & Warehousing
Grain swimming robot attracts £50k R&D funding
"Grain swimming" robot developer Crover has secured £50,000 of Innovate UK funding to progress its study of the device’s remote autonomous operation. Edinburgh-based Crover’s robotic grain storage management system uses a robot in...
Automated grain contract entry for US farm app
Bushel, the US independent agricultural software house, has launched an automated grain contract entry feature for its Bushel Farm app. The North Dakota-based company says Bushel Farm is the only farm management software to offer...
East Coast Viners invests in automated crop drying
Feed manufacturer and grain merchant East Coast Viners (ECV) has upgraded its grain drying and handling facilities, including the first installation of a fully automated Tornum grain dryer in Scotland. The system is fuelled by...
New grain dryers for Weald Granary
Weald Granary, the farmer-owned central grain store near Maidstone in Kent has replaced two grain dryers after a combined 69 years of service. The change was made in 2022, an exceptionally dry harvest, but the machines are coming in...
Construction milestone for Tilbury grain silo
The Port of Tilbury’s Grain Terminal has reached an important construction milestone with the completion of the concrete slip form for its new silo. This will add another 34,000 tonnes of automated storage at the Thames-side export...
New BASIS standards for pesticide storage and distribution
Independent auditing body BASIS has published a new set of standards for its Store Inspection Scheme(s) to ensure clarity, rigour and consistency for those businesses storing pesticide products as part of their activities. Auditing...
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