Portable “Canola Crusher” Tests For Green Seeds

Portable “Canola Crusher” Tests For Green Seeds CROPS Miscellaneous Green seed is a serious problem for canola growers since amounts above 2 percent cause quality downgrades that reduce prices Gerard Devloo says his new portable “canola crusher” provides a fast way to check samples for green seed The device is made of stainless steel and aluminum and looks somewhat like a meat grinder The 14-in high unit is equipped with a small hopper and a rotating pickup wheel with 250 seed pockets The operator places about a half cup of seed in the hopper then turns a “crusher handle” 4 times The crusher counts out the desired number of seeds that pass through 2 notched crushing wheels A roller presses the crushed seed in neat rows onto a strip of masking tape which feeds out the back of the device The operator then tears off the sample strip and checks the number of green seeds in the sample The remaining seed can then be dropped out of the spring-loaded hopper Retails for $895 plus S&H Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Devloo Canola Crusher P O Box 223 Somerset Manitoba Canada R0G 2L0 ph 204 744-2773; gmdevloo@gmail com; www canolacrusher com

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