Laboratory
Our laboratory tests the quality of cereal and oilseed seeds during the receiving, storage, unloading, drying and cleaning processes.
We also offer pre-delivery analysis of agricultural products.
Iecavnieks & Co Ltd is a member of the Latvian Grain Network. This guarantees our partners consistent accuracy and impartiality of analysis. The established quality indicators are in line with those of other network members.
The following analyses are carried out at Iecavnieks & Co Ltd:
Sampling
Method:
- EN ISO 24333 (cereals)
- LVS EN ISO 542 (oil plants)
Determination of moisture
Method:
- LVS 272 (cereals)
- LVS EN ISO 665 (oil plants)
Equipment – Drying cabinet
Determination of quality indicators
Method: express
| Measurable indicator | Cereals
(wheat, barley, rye) |
Oilseeds
(oilseed rape) |
| Moisture | X | X |
| Oil content | X | |
| Protein | X | |
| Starch | X | |
| Gluten | X | |
| Zeleny index | X |
Equipment – Grain analyser Foss Infratec
Detection of impurities
Method:
- LVS 271 (cereals)
- LVS EN ISO 658 (oil plants)
Determining the falling number
Method: LVS EN ISO 3093
Equipment – Perten mill, Perten falling number determiner
Determination of bulk density
Method: LVS EN ISO 7971-3
Equipment – Pfeuffer volumetric mass meter
