Practice/ method | Percent of farmers | MC of grain at ≤ 90 days of storage | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
Biting the grain | 51.0 | 15.23 | 3.13 | 9.5 | 26.3 |
See and feel | 21.8 | 14.83 | 3.14 | 8.1 | 26.8 |
Shake and hear | 17.5 | 14.63 | 2.99 | 9.1 | 21.7 |
Press and feel | 2.9 | 13.78 | 1.84 | 11.1 | 17.0 |
Base on drying period | 2.7 | 14.04 | 1.03 | 12.3 | 16.5 |
Bottle method | 1.4 | 12.90 | 2.39 | 10.0 | 15.5 |
I don't know | 0.7 | 17.10 | 1.97 | 15.5 | 19.7 |
Moisture meter | 0.7 | 19.25 | 1.26 | 18.1 | 20.4 |
Ensure harvest when grain is dry | 0.7 | 12.33 | 2.57 | 10.1 | 15.7 |
Tell from the leaves in the field | 0.4 | – | – | – | – |
When beans begin to shatter | 0.2 | 14.40 | 0.00 | 14.4 | 14.4 |