Silage and Crop Moisture Tester

The Best Harvest Moisture Tester accurately measures the moisture content within crops and other materials, including corn, wheat, oats, hay, silage, herbs, rice, cotton, and wood chips. Includes fixed temperature evaporation drying unit, specimen container, and digital scale. Measures a range of 0-80% moisture content within 0.1% accuracy. Uses 110 volt power or two AA batteries. One-year warranty.

To determine moisture content, sample is weighed and then dried repeatedly until there is no change in the sample weight from one drying to the next. The change in weight (grams) from the initial sample to the dry sample represents the moisture content. Typical total drying time ranges from 20-30 minutes for hay, silage oats and wheat; 80-90 minutes for corn, rice and cotton.