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Agriculture vocabulary · Harvest and Storage

Moisture content

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, moisture content means: The amount of water in grain, hay, soil or another material, usually given as a percentage of its weight.

In Turkish: nem içeriği, nem oranı, rutubet

How it is used

Critical at harvest and in storage. Buyers and silos test moisture content with a moisture meter and deduct from the price for wet grain. Wheat is usually stored safely at about 13 to 14 percent moisture.

Example sentences

  1. The maize came in at 24 percent moisture content, so it went straight to the dryer.

  2. Grain with a high moisture content heats up and goes moldy in storage.

Common collocations

  • moisture content
  • moisture meter
  • high moisture
  • dry grain
  • moisture deduction
  • siloA tall tower, bin or pit used to store grain in bulk, or to store chopped green crops as silage.
  • harvestThe work of gathering a ripe crop from the field, the time of year when this happens, or the total amount gathered.
  • cerealA grass grown for its edible grain, such as wheat, barley, maize, rice, oats or rye; also the grain itself.
  • post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.
  • combine harvesterA large self-propelled machine that cuts a grain crop, separates the grain from the straw and chaff, and collects the clean grain in a tank.

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