Publication Date
1993
Description
Lack of an effective seed harvester has limited the commercial availability of many chaffy-seeded grasses in Australia. A brush harvester similar to the Woodward Plail-Vac. Seed Stripper was evaluated successfully across a range of chaffy-seeded grasses in southern Queensland. A second machine with increased harvesting and storage capacity plus a facility for primary cleaning of seed was designed and built for large-scale commercial use. A third harvester is currently being developed for opportunist harvesting of small discontinuous seed areas, particularly of chaffy-seeded native grasses in the, semi-arid mulga lands in south-western Queensland; it is designed for low-cost construction and maintenance in farm workshops, and can be transported rapidly between crops.
Citation
Jensen, T A.; Loch, D S.; and Robotham, B G., "Evaluation and Development of Brush Harvesting for Chaffy-Seed Grasses in Queensland, Australia" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 4.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session49/4
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Evaluation and Development of Brush Harvesting for Chaffy-Seed Grasses in Queensland, Australia
Lack of an effective seed harvester has limited the commercial availability of many chaffy-seeded grasses in Australia. A brush harvester similar to the Woodward Plail-Vac. Seed Stripper was evaluated successfully across a range of chaffy-seeded grasses in southern Queensland. A second machine with increased harvesting and storage capacity plus a facility for primary cleaning of seed was designed and built for large-scale commercial use. A third harvester is currently being developed for opportunist harvesting of small discontinuous seed areas, particularly of chaffy-seeded native grasses in the, semi-arid mulga lands in south-western Queensland; it is designed for low-cost construction and maintenance in farm workshops, and can be transported rapidly between crops.
