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Corn Weevils
Is there a way to keep weevils out of your animal feed/corn ? With possible feed shortages I try to keep an extra bag of scratch feed on hand for my chickens. Lately I have found weevils in the feed and now have lots of dust. Any suggestions ?
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Have no solution. We are experiencing same issue. It is in feed corn right now regardless of where we buy it, how it’s bagged, or how much we pay. Thinking it is in the corn when harvested.
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I have heard that bay leaf will keep weavils out of many things. Maybe worth a try?
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Put bay leaves in any flour, corn meal, seeds, dry beans. Oatmeal. It does help with bug issues
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Does the flavor of the bay leaf leave a taste in the oatmeal? I want to put some in my long term storage but have been hesitating. So far (knock on wood) I’ve not had any bugs in my stuff but I want to make sure I don’t get any on down the line. I have gallon and half gallon jars that I seal it in.
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If the weevils are already in the feed, not much you can do
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Bay leaves AND Cloves. Both are excellent to keep bugs out of food products. I used to work as a cook on ships. Ships are a weevil heaven. My first day on board I’d cover the dry stores room with both. More times than I can count most of the perishables ended up fish food instead of people food due to the horrible infestations.
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I freeze the oatmeal for 2 weeks. Then let it come to room temperature before sealing. You don’t want moisture in it. That will kill most larvae
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Not sure if it would work on corn weevils because I’ve not tried it personally, but food grade diatomaceous earth eliminates any bugs with an exoskeleton in other grains and is completely non toxic and safe even for humans to consume.
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