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RealAg Radio: Labour issues, corn harvest quality, and on-farm grain dryers, Nov 20, 2023

Real Agriculture

On this episode, host Shaun Haney is back from Germany and is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson, to discuss: Autonomy to help dealing with labour issues; Yields and quality concern in the corn harvest; and, Enough corn for an on-farm grain dryer. We will also hear a. We will also hear a. Read More

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Harvest 2023: Moisture contents are ridiculously variable

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Grain traders are reporting wide variations in grain qualities, with this harvest very much proving the luck of the draw, depending on local conditions. Even so, milling wheat and malting barley have had average to above-average yields this year.

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The Agronomists, Ep 172: Managing crop loss at the combine with Lorne Grieger and Marcel Kringe

Real Agriculture

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass. Recognizing that both header loss and combine loss contribute to lower yield and volunteer issues for the next season, Read More

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Top tips for getting full value when feeding salvage crops

Real Agriculture

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes, drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn’t worth taking for grain. Read More

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5 ways to minimize DON’s impact on corn in the field, the bin, and pocketbooks

Real Agriculture

Corn harvest is finally underway in Ontario, and plenty of optimism abounds when it comes to the yield potential of this crop. There is a concern, however, that the challenges of a wet summer are showing up in deoxynivalenol (DON) levels in the grain. A mycotoxin produced by the gibberella fungus, DON levels over 2. Read More

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Harvesting lodged and dry crops made easier with the S3 AWS Airbar

Real Agriculture

Harvesting pulse crops that are low to the ground, whether through lodging or because of a dry season, can lead to shatter losses, reducing yield, grain quality and complicating harvest.

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Elmer’s massive Hive motherbin designed to keep big-capacity combines rolling

Real Agriculture

When a field is ready for harvest, pulling those tonnes off the field quickly can mean achieving the highest yield and highest quality possible. As combine capacity and header widths expand, a new problem has popped up — grain carts and trucks keeping up to the combine. Adding surge capacity to the important task of.

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