Debris in seed can be an issue for sowing machinery, causing clogging and blockages.
Solution
Small-scale farmers can use threshing and sifting machines, properly adjusted, to obtain small quantities of clean seeds.
Description
Péter Mikó describes how to combine the correct settings of the combine harvester with the use of sifting, winnowing and threshing machinery to obtain clean seed in smaller quantities, when it is not appropriate to have professional cleaning done. Suggestions on how best to isolate seed and on how to get hulled and naked seed separately are also given.
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