Storage relative difficulties involved in their avoidance vary with location. Successful storage methods Compared with many other fruits, cereal grains are extremely amenable to storage, principally as range from primitive to highly sophisticated their moisture content at harvest is relatively low The hazards besetting cereal grain storage are: and their composition is such that biodeteriora-- moisture content; tion is slow. Harvesting is seasonal but the need -excessive temperature; for fresh cereal products is continuous. The least Anicrobial infestation; requirement for storage, therefore, is for the -insect and arachnid infestation;