Iowa Grain Quality Initiative

Welcome to the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative!

The mission of the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative is to create knowledge and provide information that will improve the efficiency of traditional commodity grain markets and will assist emerging markets for user-specific grains.

Topics, Presentations and Papers

Agribusiness Showcase & Conference - Grain & Feed Forum - 2-7-2012
- Agenda
- New Grain Quality and Regulatory Challenges for the Grain and Feed Industry - Dr. Charles Hurburgh, Iowa State University
- Food Safety Comes to Bulk Grains: Developing Food Safety and Recordkeeping Plans - Dr. Angela Laury, Iowa State University
- Food Safety in a Quality Management System- Butch Hemphill, Farmers Cooperative Company
- New Emphasis on Occupational Safety in the Grain Industry - Jess McCluer, National Grain and Feed Association
- Safety and Quality Go Together - Dr. Gretchen Mosher, Iowa State University
- A Recent Grain Engulfment Incident - Rob Jacobs, Co-op Elevator Association
GEAPS - Education Session - 3-5-2012
- Agribusiness Environment and Management Practices
  The Bigger Picture: A Look at the Future of Grain Operations
  Dr. Charles Hurburgh, professor, agricultural and biosystems engineering; professor in charge, Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  As grain prices rise and production continues to increase, the grain-operations industry will have to grow, too. Of course, the additional grain will have to go somewhere, and more storage capacity will be needed. But the post-harvest grain industry will have to evolve in other ways, too. This session will explore current price-and-production trends and show how they're likely to drive changes at your company or grain facility. Key issues are inventory management, dryer capacity, food and feed safety, biotechnology approvals and specialization. The presentation will also discuss USDA-GIPSA’s plans to expedite use of new moisture-meter technology for official moisture measurements, starting in August of this year.
GEAPS – Education Session: 3-6-12
- Current Research in Grain Handling & Storage:
  What it Means and Where Do We Go From Here?
  This double session will feature presentations on the practical application of four current grain-handling research projects being undertaken by NC213, a consortium of public universities meeting this year in conjunction with the GEAPS Exchange. All of the research presented is intended to tackle real operations challenges in the grain industry. Moderated by Dr. Charles Hurburgh of Iowa State University, the session will discuss the following four topics.
  - Solving analytical problems at processing plants – Connie Hardy, Program
    Specialist, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  - Updating the calculation of bushels from volumetric measurements – Dr. Josephine Boac, Research associate, Department of Biology and Agriculture Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
  - Creating food safety and recordkeeping plans for Food Safety Modernization Act – Dr. Angela Laury, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  - The connection of NC213 projects to the International Center for Grain Operations and Processing – Dr. Dirk Maier, Professor and Head, Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University

Iowa Grain Quality Initiative

ISU Crop Resources

Welcome to the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative!

Topics, Presentations and Papers

Advisory Committee

Bioprocessing

Harvest & Storage Issues

FDA - FSMA, Grain Handling & Processing

Quality Management and Traceability

Grain Newsletters

Grain Storage Tools

Testing/Support Services

Yield Trials (corn & beans)