Field Crops> Maize> Harvesting and Threshing

Harvest maize crop when husk has turned yellow and grains are hard enough having less then 30 per cent moisture. Do not wait for stalks and leaves to dry because they remain green in most of the hybrids and composites.

Remove the husk from the cobs and then dry them is sun for seven to eight days. Thereafter grains are removed either by beating the cobs by sticks or with the help of maize shellers.