Straight Talk on Grain Protection | Gravista for Commercial Grain Operations
Want more for what you store?
No one who stores grain for a living wants to think about bugs. But it's a fact: anyone, anywhere, can get them. Left unchecked, insects can inflict serious damage on the quality and mass of stored grain — impacting your ability to sell it at the best price possible. It may sound like a harsh reality. But it's actually an opportunity.
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Stored Grain Solutions ROI1
15:1 ROI*
vs. infested, untreated wheat
7:1 ROI*
vs. blended wheat**
The cost of doing nothing
Reactive costs more.
Every time.

The decision isn't whether to spend money on grain protection. It's whether you spend it on your terms or on someone else's timeline.

WITH a Grain Protection Protocol
WITHOUT a Protocol
Grain quality
✓ Residual protection helps hold insects at bay through storage period.
Grain quality
✕ Silent degradation throughout storage. By the time it's visible, quality — and sellability — is already compromised.
Operational control
✓ You control when you sell. Hold longer, market smarter and move grain on your schedule.
Operational control
✕ Insect events dictate your timeline. You sell when you have to — not when the market is right.
Buyer trust
✓ Clean, consistent, in-condition grain every time. That's the standard buyers expect — and the reputation that protects your book of business.
Buyer trust
✕ One bad load, one fumigation call, one rejection is a mark that's hard to undo.
Team workload
✓ Application is built into intake. No disruption, no emergency mobilization.
Team workload
✕ Scramble mode. Emergency treatment disrupts operations and pulls resources from other priorities.
This isn't a pest control purchase.
It's a grain value protection decision.

Reframe how you think about grain protection — not as a reaction to a problem, but as a standard operating protocol that protects the value of everything you're handling from the moment it comes in the door.

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Store it. Protect it. Profit.
Be prepared with a
Grain Protection Protocol.

A proactive Grain Protection Protocol built on trusted, effective products is the key to defending what you store — and maximizing your profitability for the whole year. The best part? Implementing one can be easy.

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Pre-Harvest
Reduce Risk + Start Clean

Reduce risk early by cleaning out bins, floors, augers and all contact surfaces.

Harvest
Protect at Load-in + Lock in Value

Apply on-grain protection during load-in to lock in value and ensure full coverage across all grain entering storage.

Storage
Store With Confidence + Preserve Quality

Monitor grain condition over time to preserve grain quality, consistency and volume.

Load-Out + Delivery
Maximize Return + Cash In

Grain arrives clean and market-ready, helping you reduce discounts, damage and rejected loads.

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"Since we implemented the Grain Protection Protocol across our facilities, we've eliminated emergency fumigation calls and our rejection rate dropped to zero. The ROI was obvious within the first season."
Midwest Commercial Elevator  ·  2.4M bu capacity  ·  6 facilities
Our products
Built for the way you store grain.

Every product in the Central Life Sciences stored grain portfolio is designed to work together — giving you a complete, protocol-driven approach to grain protection from intake to sale.

Gravista Grain Protectant product family
On-grain protectant
Gravista® Insecticide: Stored Grain Protectant

EPA-registered. Up to six months residual. Covers weevils, lesser grain borers, Indian meal moths, flour beetles, and more across corn, wheat, rice and other stored grains.

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Diacon Insect Growth Regulator
Insect growth regulator
Diacon® Insect Growth Regulator (IGR)

Controls stored grain insects by breaking the pests' life cycles and preventing larvae from maturing into adults.

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Stored Grain Solutions portfolio
Complete portfolio
Stored Grain Solutions

From protectants to fumigation support, the Stored Grain Solutions lineup gives growers and commercial operators a full toolkit for grain quality management — backed by CLS expertise and support.

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Find out how to implement your own protocol the easy way. Contact us today and we'll reach out to get you started.

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1Data derived from Bhattarai, N. (2024), Kansas State University. Financial loss estimates shown are illustrative calculations based on study dry matter loss percentages applied to a hypothetical 10,000-bushel storage scenario at $6.00/bushel wheat value. Study conducted under controlled conditions using smaller grain quantities. Actual results may vary.

*ROI calculations utilized a $6.00/bu wheat price with insect damage kernel dockage fee at 18% (untreated) and 9% (blending).

**Blended grain includes 50% lesser grain borer infested, untreated grain blended with 50% undamaged grain.

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