Key Check 8 - 2021

PALAYCHECK SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATED LOWLAND RICE
As of June 2020
Harvest Management
KEY CHECK 8:
Harvested the crop
at the right time
overripe
just right
underripe
Which banana is ideal for eating?

A banana that is harvested at the right maturity will have better quality
in terms of taste, texture, and aroma compared to an underripe or overripe one.
The same is true with

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rice.
Importance of Key Check 8
TOO EARLY TOO LATE
▪ immature grains ▪ grain-shattering

▪ low milling recovery ▪ breakage during milling
▪ harvest LOSSES RIGHT TIMING ▪ harvest LOSSES
▪ high-quality rice
▪ high market value and consumer acceptance
IMPORTANCE OF KEY CHECK 8
TOO EARLY Harvest at the RIGHT TIME! TOO LATE

▪ <1 to 1.5% ▪ >3% harvest losses
harvest losses (even higher if
▪ low milling manual harvesting)
recovery of 53% ▪ low head rice
recovery of 32%
( manual) and 38%
(mechanized)
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Assessment of Key Check 8
• Palay is harvested when most of the grains are

golden yellow:
- 85-90% if manual harvesting
- 90-95% if using combine harvester
- Palay is threshed not later than one day after

harvest during WS or two days during DS.
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Recommendations to Achieve Key Check 8
1. Drain field 1 - 2 weeks before the expected date of harvesting.
• to attain uniform maturity

and ripening
• to prevent wetting of the
grain during harvesting
• for easy operation in the
field
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RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACHIEVE KEY CHECK 8
2. Harvest at the right maturity, when 85-90% (manual) or 90-95%

(combine harvester) of the grains are golden yellow.
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3. Harvest at the right grain moisture content (MC).

▪ Use grain moisture meter when available.
18-21% MC for DS 20-25% MC for WS

4. After manual
harvesting, thresh
palay not later than
one (WS) or two (DS)
days.
• Avoid piling the harvested
crop in the field for more
than a day to prevent
heat build up which leads
to grain discoloration and
low-quality milled rice.
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• Avoid threshing dripping-wet palay

using a mechanical thresher to
prevent losses from poor grain-
cleaning and separation.
• Observe recommended threshing

drum speed (800 rpm for most
engine-driven threshers) to prevent
grain damage.
Faster speed may increase capacity but
will also incur more blower and
separation losses.
Input Output Outcome
▪ harvested the crop
▪ drained field 1-2 at the right time
weeks before - reduced harvest
the expected losses
▪ high grain
date of - minimized
quality
harvesting shattering and
▪ high income
▪ harvested at immature grains
▪ minimal
right maturity - prevented
damage to
and MC discolored,
environment
▪ threshed palay cracked, & broken
within 1-2 days grains
after harvesting - prevented pest
damage
PALAYCHECK SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATED LOWLAND RICE
As of June 2020
Harvest Management
KEY CHECK 8:
Harvested the crop
at the right time
Production Assistant:
Mr. Jan Adriel Daligdig
Technical Reviewers:
Dr. Aurora Corales; Dr. Ricardo Orge;
Dr. Manuel Jose Regalado
Courseware Reviewers:
Ms. Lea dR. Abaoag; Ms. Ev Angeles
Note:
Presentation produced in 2019 based on results of a series of consultation
workshops with PhilRice R&D staff; adapted from instructional
presentation produced by PhilRice in 2011.
You may use, remix, tweak, & build upon this presentation non-
commercially. However, always
use with acknowledgment.
Unless otherwise stated, the names listed are

PhilRice staffers.
Review!
What are the disadvantages of What are the disadvantages of
harvesting too early? harvesting too late?
▪ Immature grains ▪ increased grain shattering

▪ low milling recovery ▪ breakage during milling
▪ harvest LOSSES ▪ harvest LOSSES
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Recommendations to achieve Key Check 8:
1-2 weeks before the expected

Drain field _____
date of harvesting.
Why
?
• to attain uniform maturity and ripening
• to prevent wetting of the grain during harvesting
• for easy operation in the field
Recommendations to achieve Key Check 8:
Harvest when most Harvest at the right Thresh palay not

of the grains in the grain moisture later than:
panicle are golden content.
yellow.
85-90
_______% 18-21%
______MC if DS 1
______ day/s if WS
if manual harvesting
90-95 20-25%
______MC if WS 2
______day/s if DS
_______%
if using combine
harvester

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PALAYCHECK SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATED LOWLAND RICE

Which banana is ideal for eating?

The same is true with

TOO EARLY TOO LATE

▪ immature grains ▪ grain-shattering

TOO EARLY Harvest at the RIGHT TIME! TOO LATE

• Palay is harvested when most of the grains are

- Palay is threshed not later than one day after

1. Drain field 1 - 2 weeks before the expected date of harvesting.

• to attain uniform maturity

2. Harvest at the right maturity, when 85-90% (manual) or 90-95%

3. Harvest at the right grain moisture content (MC).

18-21% MC for DS 20-25% MC for WS

• Avoid threshing dripping-wet palay

• Observe recommended threshing

Unless otherwise stated, the names listed are

▪ Immature grains ▪ increased grain shattering

1-2 weeks before the expected

Harvest when most Harvest at the right Thresh palay not

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