ASABE Develops Standard For Measuring Commingled Grains In Combine Harvest

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has developed a standard for estimating the amount of commingled grains in a combine harvest.

The ASABE document ANSI/ASABE S598, Procedure for Sampling, Measuring and Reporting Commingled Crop in Combine Harvest of a Subsequent Crop, determines the percentage in a load of harvested grains that are likely to be residue from the crop previously harvested by the same machine. It also recommends acceptable levels of commingled grains that can be expected in commodities harvested by combines that have been thoroughly cleaned and prepared.

Manufacturers, extension personnel, and others will find the standard to be a useful tool for predicting the outcomes of combine clean-out, information that will assist producers in selecting equipment or procedures appropriate for their needs.

A copy of the document can be ordered at martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at ASABE.org, can obtain an electronic copy of the standard in about three weeks.