Saving weather damaged grain for seed

The quality of seed can be affected if retained from a wet harvest. This fact sheet explains the importance of monitoring grain moisture and temperature in weather damaged grain.

Key points

• Ideally retain seed from grain harvested before rain.
• Weather damaged grain is more susceptible to:
  • poor germination,
  • low vigour
  • degradation during storage and handling.
• Harvest at low moisture and cool temperatures. Monitor and control storage temperature and moisture.
• Check germination percentage at harvest, during storage and before seeding.
• Do not use low germination seed. Do not retain seed from hybrid canola.