24-10-2024 15:00 A robot that is able to burrow through grain could help save millions of tons of food waste every year. The Crover robot is able to go 10 meters beneath grain storage silos and report on moisture and humidity levels. A tiny sensor on the robot watches conditions in real-time, and it sends […]
24-10-2024 15:00 Farmers do a lot of hard work. They keep grain in special towers. The towers can be more than 10 meters high. The work is not easy to look after the grain. Farmers must keep the grain dry. It must not get too warm. If the grain gets wet or warm happens, bugs […]
24-10-2024 15:00 Farmers are using a special robot that goes through their grain. Farmers store grain in special towers, and the work is very demanding. If the grain gets wet, it gets warmer. More bugs come, and dangerous fungi start to grow in the grain. It is not possible to use such grain for food, […]
Grain silos spill into NSW’s Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River on New South Wales’ south coast has filled with grain after two silos collapsed overnight. The collapse, at an animal feed manufacturing facility in Bomaderry, triggered an automatic fire alarm. Firefighters established an exclusion zone around the silos and evacuated about 65 workers at 10pm […]