Researchers at Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute have wrapped up another year of researching canola in storage.

The Humboldt-based ag company has been looking into the best methods for keeping quality of grain in storage high.

Project Manager Joy Agnew says that for adequate long-term storage, dropping the temperature is the best practice.

"If you know that you're going to be storing your canola into the spring and summer the next season, the ideal situation is to cool it as much as possible throughout the winter," she explained. "That means getting it down to minus-10, minus-15 degrees celsius if possible, and then leave it alone in the spring."

Agnew added that similar situations apply for other grains.

"Cereal crops or the starchier crops, usually you are targeting around 14%, but the oilseeds, you're looking at 9 or 10% moisture content as your target moisture," she said. "Once the grain is dry, if you can cool it and keep it cool, then it should be at a safe to store condition for six, nine, twelve months, or even beyond."

PAMI began the research initiative in 2014 after there was a bumper crop. The idea was to figure out top storage methods to help farmers deal with an excess of grain, without losing too much.