Red tractor audit

[benny6910]

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box or will I get pulled up on it. My meter is a whole grain meter so I just tip the sample back into the bag after checking and the sample is double bagged and stored in a dry place. Thanks in advance ben.

 

[Adeptandy]

I've never had a cert for it yet, just have written down date and result of test and place of testing.

 

[bobk]

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box or will I get pulled up on it. My meter is a whole grain meter so I just tip the sample back into the bag after checking and the sample is double bagged and stored in a dry place. Thanks in advance ben.

Tell them you haven't got one , Ive never been asked , which is a good job as I haven't got one

 

[Andy26]

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[nonemouse]

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box or will I get pulled up on it. My meter is a whole grain meter so I just tip the sample back into the bag after checking and the sample is double bagged and stored in a dry place. Thanks in advance ben.

That just won’t do, all your grain should be double bagged and sent to a hazardous wate tip and you should be shot at dawn

 

[AndrewM]

you can buy the moisture samples online and do the moisture check yourself. just need to make sure all your records have the correct dates on them.

 

[cb387]

Write down a date on a piece of paper that you calibrated it against a neighbours machine.

 

[benny6910]

Moisture Calibration Packs

Oven tested calibration samples for testing the accuracy of your moisture meter. Don't have time to visit a Moisture Meter Clinic? Suitable for

www.agrisupplyservices.co.uk

Thanks I’ll have to see how much my meter holds, 180g may not be enough.

 

[melted welly]

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box or will I get pulled up on it. My meter is a whole grain meter so I just tip the sample back into the bag after checking and the sample is double bagged and stored in a dry place. Thanks in advance ben.

If you can get verified samples from merchant and record you’ve checked your meter against it, that’d surely be fine.

 

[Barleymow]

Tell em your leaving its a con

 

[tw15]

Amazing stuff tippex and biro on a old test then scan and print .

 

[Tamar]

Tell em your leaving its a con

If everyone said the same thing. That will sort the job out !!

Best time is now while Putin is being a knob and people are getting hungry


Who the f**k cares about RT when your belly is empty ??

 

[slackjawedyokel]

What’s a moisture meter test?

 

[ollie989898]

Tell them you don't have a moisture meter but rely entirely on the 'bite and sniff' test.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Seriously though - I don’t store grain to sell; it leaves fairly sharpish on artics to the grain silos.
I’m supposed to have calibration for my meter (for why? Biting grains between my teeth tells me what I need to know for the job that I do).
I happen to have two moisture meters so I calibrate one against the other and they are generally ‘within tolerances’ (+/- 0.w%)
I suggest you have a friend with a moisture meter that you can calibrate yours against ).

 

[manhill]

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box or will I get pulled up on it. My meter is a whole grain meter so I just tip the sample back into the bag after checking and the sample is double bagged and stored in a dry place. Thanks in advance ben.

Do red tractor specify moisture levels?

 

[Andy26]

To be fair, I send everything to a large Co-op store and a moisture meter is still important, if grain has to wait on farm for a short time it's important to know moisture content as can spoil very quickly if it's wet and warm. Likewise if saving some for seed.

 

[Andy26]

Testing against a known sample or a ring calibrated meter is the only real way.

Not sure how two neighbours testing wildly inaccurate meters would help!?

Or if you've got some really accurate scales, weigh out some grain, put it in the oven (google for exact instructions), then weigh it again, the weight difference will enable you to calculate the water content, thus you have your own oven dried, 'known sample', to calibrate against.

 

[benny6910]

Do red tractor specify moisture levels?

Red tractor want the farmer to have a calibrated moisture meter if he has one in his possession is the way I read it.

 

[benny6910]

Thanks everybody I shall probably try using my own samples and see why the outcome is next week.