Retain Quality and Maximize Prices When Growing Pulses

Important Reminders

Clean equipment and bins prior to harvest to maintain quality and value:

Many facilities have a low or no tolerance for grains or foreign matter in pulses. Allergens such as soy, wheat, corn, and canola can be an issue if they get mixed in with your pulse crop. Carefully remove all traces of old grain from combines, truck beds, grain carts, augers, and other equipment used for harvesting, transporting and handling grain. Even small amounts of moldy or insect infested grain left in equipment can contaminate a bin of new crop/grain.

Never put new crop/grain on top of old crop/grain because of the risk of infesting the new crop/grain with storage insects and mold organisms. If infested grain is purchased for livestock feed, store it away from the new crop and feed it as soon as possible.

With the gluten free and Non GMO markets emerging, pulse crops are an attractive ingredient, so any contamination would most likely cause the load to be rejected. Keep all harvest equipment, trucks, bins, and conveyors clean. There is a NO TOLERANCE for fertilizer or seed treatment in the product. Contaminations like this or any foreign matter, will not only cost you money but could also cause a major issue for everyone in the pulse industry, resulting in a potential loss of revenue in domestic and international markets.

Steps to get your crop ready for market:

From farmer to processor - we are all in this together

Both producers and processors play a big role in being able to export our cash crops. By taking steps to mitigate risk and crop protection product choices, together we can mee the needs of our domestic and international customers.

From Seed selection to delivery, on-farm practices can impact domestic and international markets for all. Follow these guidelines to ensure your crop is market ready:
1. Buy clean seed.
2. use acceptable pesticides only.
3. Always read and follow the label and application rate to ensure the product is safe t o use and will not exeed the maximum residue limits (MRL).
4. Manage disease pressures.
5. Keep all equipment , seed and harvest, trucks, bins and conveyors clean.
6. Clean crop before storage
7. Never put new crop/grain on top of old crop/grain because of the risk of infesting the new crop with storage insects and mold orgainisms.
8. If infested grain is purchased for livestock feed, store it away from the new crop and feed it as soon as possible.
9. Treated crops may not be accepted by some grain buyers, consult with your processor/elevator before using certain products.

For more information on pesticides go to NDSU's website: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/pesticides

Retain Quality and Maximize Prices When Growing Pulses

Important Reminders

Clean equipment and bins prior to harvest to maintain quality and value:

Steps to get your crop ready for market:

From farmer to processor - we are all in this together

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