Stored Products Research & Education Center

Randy Beeby

Agriculture Technician II

email: randy.beeby@okstate.edu

 

 

Programs:  Research is conducted at this station by faculty, staff, and students from the the Departments of Entomology, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Plant and Soil Sciences, and Agricultural Economics.  Examples of projects include insecticide trials on stored grain, fumigation studies, managing grain temperature with aeration, using automated traps for sampling insects, storing winter canola, and utilizing pheromones to monitor insects.  Educational programs are held throughout the year and include elevator workshops every spring, fumigation workshops every summer, and fumigation practicals at least twice per year.

 

Location and size:  SPREC is located three miles west of the Agronomy Research Station in Stillwater and 1/4 mile north of Highway 51 on Range Road.  The site consists of a 60x80 building containing an office, conference room, environmental laboratory, research laboratory, and multipurpose room.  Total grain storage capacity is 42,350 bushels and includes one 18,000 bushel bin, one 8,000 bushel bin, twelve 450 bushel bins, sixteen 500 bushel bins, twelve 170 bushel bins, and sixteen 57 bushel bins.

 

Web site:  More information can be found at www.entoplp.okstate.edu/sprec/