**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF GRAIN CONDITION AT POST-HARVEST HAS CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SAFETY OF GRAIN PRODUCERS AND HANDLERS. OUT-OF-CONDITION GRAIN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIMARY REASON FOR SAFETY INCIDENTS THAT INJURE AND KILL PEOPLE, BOTH ON THE FARM AND AT THE COMMERCIAL GRAIN ELEVATOR. YET, LITTLE RESEARCH HAS MEASURED THE INFLUENCE OF GRAIN QUALITY VARIABLES AND EXTERNAL FACTORS, SUCH AS WEATHER AND STORAGE CONDITIONS, ON SAFETY INCIDENTS SUCH AS GRAIN ENTRAPMENTS, GRAIN ENGULFMENTS, AND GRAIN DUST EXPLOSIONS. WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS PREDICTING GRAIN CONDITION, AGRICULTURAL SAFETY PERSONNEL CAN ADDRESS FACTORS THAT PREDICT GRAIN-BASED SAFETY HAZARDS IN SEASONAL MESSAGING, DECREASING THE NUMBER OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL INJURIES RELATED TO GRAIN HANDLING AND STORAGE.ACCORDINGLY, A PRIMARY OUTCOME OF THE RESEARCH IS TO ADAPT EXISTING MESSAGING CONCERNING OUT-OF-CONDITION GRAIN AND ITS SAFETY IMPLICATIONS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS COMPONENTS OF POST-HARVEST GRAIN MANAGEMENT (GRAIN CONDITION AND POTENTIAL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS) THAT ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR PRODUCERS AND HANDLERS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CHANGES TO THE MESSAGING CAN BE MADE WITHOUT LARGE FINANCIAL COSTS, WHILE LOWERING THE NUMBER OF INJURIES AND FATALITIES FROM GRAIN-BASED SAFETY INCIDENTS.