How to Measure Moisture Contents Rice

How to Measure Moisture Contents Rice

The moisture content is basically the water content in which rice or paddy is expressed as a percentage. This refers to a wet foundation that means the total weight of a bullet that includes water.

Why is it important?

It is very important to measure the moisture content of rice for the management and marketing of paddy and rice. Due to the different purposes of rice depending on the different moisture content which makes the analysis of the correct moisture content important. If there are inaccurate measurements of moisture content, it can lead to a variety of difficult situations:

If the grain is too wet in storage, it will be damaged.

If the grain is too hard it means too dry, it will lead to weight loss of these grains which means a loss of profits.

If the paddy is harvested wetter than required, it will lead to additional drying costs and losses in harvest.

When rice is digested in a well-drained content, there is low head rice.

If you freeze the pad too far, it results in additional drying costs and a loss of rice quality.

How can you measure moisture content?

There are two ways to measure the moisture content of grain content:

Basic Method - Based on weight measurements such as infrared moisture measurement and oven method

Method Two - Electrical implants are used in this method which use electrical properties of the grain

When it comes to measuring moisture content, there are many portable grain moisture meters that can be used. Make sure, when selecting a meter for this purpose, that it is suitable for the work you are going to use, such as grinding grain or harvesting a pad.

Type of portable moisture meter used in:

Harvesting

Here, to measure the MC use a resistance moisture meter that can give you instant results with only small samples. If you have a low MC, you will have a lot of losses in the crash and a high Mc will lead to a loss from the poor quality of the bullets.

Drying

P - Seeds should be dried at less than 12% and seeds less than 14% as improper drying will result in lower visibility and quality of grain. To prevent any damage, dry the pad within 24 hours after harvest.

Storage 

- In the first weeks and months, the percentage of MCs should be 14% or less and in 8 to 12 months, it should be 13% or less.

Digestion

 - The average MC is between 13% and 14%.