Drill / Planter Clean-Out Procedure

    The planter must be thoroughly cleaned out and inspected prior to planting Food Grade and Identity Preserved crops, even when hiring a custom planter. Planter cleaning procedures are as follows:

    • Empty drill/planter boxes and remove any caked-on deposits.
    • Blow out or wash out trapped grain from boxes.
    • Open feed cup gates to drain any trapped grain.
    • Vacuum any trapped grain from the drill box.
    • Use compressed air/turn the fan on to blow out seed tube and seed boots.
    • If air is not available then lightly tap seed tube to free any trapped grain.
    Case tractor with seed drill

    Notes

    • Attempt to plant Food Grade and Identity Preserved crops before planter is used on other crops.
    • Food Grade and Identity Preserved seed bags should be stored separately from other seed prior to planting.
    • Approved isolation distances for the Food Grade and Identity Preserved crops must be observed.
    • A soybean crop is required to be at least three meters apart from another soybean crop and another pulse crop.
    • Growers should endeavor to leave a minimum one-meter isolation distance between a Food Grade and Identity Preserved field and fields of crops that do not require the three-meter isolation.
    • Grower must have detailed records of: previous crops grown on fields; detailed field maps, written history of previous crops grown, planter cleaning procedure, isolation distances.