Millet: Importance, Classification, and the Role of Accurate Moisture Measurement 🌾📊

Millet has been gaining ground in Brazilian agribusiness, serving as an alternative for animal feed, crop rotation, and grain production. With high resistance to dry climates and low-fertility soils, this crop is a viable option for producers seeking diversification and sustainability in farming. However, like other cereals, grain classification and accurate moisture measurement are essential to ensure quality and market value.

🌱 The Importance of Millet Classification

Just like soybeans, corn, and wheat, millet undergoes a classification process before commercialization. This classification follows technical criteria established by specific regulations, such as Law No. 9,972/2000 and its respective Normative Instructions (INs), which define quality and safety standards for plant products.

The main factors evaluated in millet classification include:

✔️ Moisture content: Ideal levels ensure longer grain durability;

✔️ Hectoliter weight: Influences grain density and market value;

✔️ Impurities and foreign materials: Affect cargo quality;

✔️ Moldy or damaged grains: Impact final use and market acceptance.

Proper classification prevents penalties during commercialization and enables better storage conditions, reducing losses due to spoilage and fungi.

🔬 The Role of Accurate Moisture Measurement in Millet

Grain moisture is one of the most critical factors for millet storage and commercialization. If harvested or stored with excess moisture, the grain may suffer from fermentation, fungal growth, and spoilage, reducing its commercial value and increasing losses.

📌 What happens if moisture is not controlled?

🔸 Grains with excessive moisture promote the development of mycotoxins, compromising animal feed quality;

🔸 High moisture makes storage difficult and increases artificial drying costs;

🔸 Overly dry grains may lose weight, directly impacting the producer’s revenue.

To avoid these issues, precise moisture measurement is essential, allowing grains to be harvested, stored, and marketed within the standards required by the market.

📟 Technology in Moisture Measurement: Precision that Ensures Quality

Using high-precision moisture meters, such as those from Motomco, is a key advantage for producers, cooperatives, and industries seeking to maintain high-quality standards. Modern equipment enables millet moisture to be measured quickly and accurately, optimizing decision-making in post-harvest operations.

🔹 Fast and reliable moisture measurement;

🔹 Reduction of losses due to spoilage;

🔹 Transparency in commercial transactions.

💡 Ensuring millet quality from harvest to commercialization is essential for its market value. Proper classification and precise moisture measurement are decisive factors for safe storage and a more profitable harvest!