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Harvesting
Wind, rain and normal drying generally does not cause mustard to shatter before cutting. But, the actual harvesting operations can cause severe shattering losses when the crop is overripe or extremely dry.
Yellow mustard can be straight combined if the field is not weedy and the crop is uniformly ripe. When direct combing, wait until the crop is mature and dry. The reel may cause shattering when straight combining but it can be removed or lifted above the crop if the stand is good. If the reel is needed, it should be reduced in speed and half the bats removed. Many growers of yellow mustard prefer to straight combine while the crop is still tough (12-15 percent moisture) and then artificially dry. This results in seed of uniform quality.
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