Chlorophyll locked in at 3-5, now what!

[boarderbloke]

Hot an' dry forecast for the next 14 days w/ no chance of rain! 3-5 green count, What Would You Do, and your reasons? If moisture testing 5-6, does that mean the seed is cured, can it be very dry and still not cured?
BTW, canola was swathed on the ripe side overall.
Growers advice would be very appreciated.

[boarderbloke]

what's the discount for #2 ?

[cottonpicken]

Took a pile off at 6%,WIT is blending it,don't think its
an issue at all this year,give them a call and keep
going i say.

[comtex]

It is too risky to leave the canola in the field to wait for the green to come down... regardless of what the green count is, you will be happy to have it in the bin if a wind storm show up unexpectedly...

[Hopperbin]

After 2 weeks in the swath it will not change much after that in my opinion

[boarderbloke]

thanks guys for backing me up, felt the same about wind or storm/hail, and blending opportunities. First third came off at 1% so do have some low of my own, demand should leave room for a deal with someone. Will check w/ WIT cot.

Question, does high green count = uncured canola? even in low moisture samples?

[Hopperbin]

will it come out in the bin are you asking? Yes somewhat, depending on what you are calling green, could be difference of opinion at different places.

[bobofthenorth]

Green seed is just another excuse for a discount. They can take chlorophyll out of the oil with filtration, it just takes a little longer. So shop around. In a year like this you may be able to find a colour blind buyer.

[JDGreen]

tell em to ram it up their you know what. If they cant blend out 3-5 on a year like this they shouldnt be in biz. Cant believe we are even discussing this... If even talk of a discount I wouldnt cross their door again .

[bucket]

Sold off the combine with 3.5 percent green for 14 bucks and the moisture was 9 percent.

They need the canola more than most experts realize. That's why its at 14 and going higher.

If you hang on the discounts won't look so bad anyway.

[wd9]

Sorry Hopper, green does not come out in
the bin. You need two things for the
enzyme chlorophyllase to break down
chlorohyll, some warmth and at least 20%
moisture. Without those two, nothing
changes.

Chlorophyll affects shelf life and oil
rancidity. Clay and then centrifuging
(techniques vary) to remove it and it is
costly.

[Hopperbin]

Will have to dissagree have binned plenty of canola in the past that was diagnosed by the elevator as higher green count only to remove from bin with 0 green count. Its the debatable ones that are not bright green, they will still turn yellow and probably should not have been diagnosed as green in the first place.

Clay and then centrifuging
(techniques vary) to remove it and it is
costly.
IP: Logged

So what is aging in the outside air have to do with clay and a centrifuge? You lost me there.

[wd9]

From the quote:

Green seed is just another excuse for a
discount. They can take chlorophyll out of
the oil with filtration, it just takes a
little longer.

[charliep]

Someone will correct mee but there is more subjective testing comingfor green seed count.

Not sure how close to actual application.

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[charliep]

An interesting experience at a canola meeting was
when they passed around a nice green tinted organic
canola oil - non hydrogenated and crushed cold press
only. The consumer paid about 4 to 5 times the price
of regular canola oil. One of its unique attributes was
being flavorfull (indicated as a benefit). My taster
called this oil rancid - not organic but achieved by
keeping regular canola oil around the kitchen too
long.