ABSTRACT
Different types of decorticators are used in operations such as oil mills, for example, to remove hulls from cottonseed, soybeans, or sunflower before the oil extraction process. Decorticating sugarbeet seed is a different operation, using a specially-designed machine. In this case, decorticating is not hulling, but is removal of some corky material from around the seed germ, and/or breaking seed clusters into smaller, more uniformly-sized pieces mostly containing a single seed germ.
