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Corn School: Setting the combine for harvest efficiency

Real Agriculture

Why is it so important for corn growers to get their combine settings right before they roll into the field to harvest grain? Read More Why is it so important for corn growers to get their combine settings right before they roll into the field to harvest grain?

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Markets step slightly higher ahead of a big corn crop harvest

Real Agriculture

Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers. For fall of 2024, commodity markets are moving ever so slightly against seasonal trends and are actually edging higher ahead of the coming corn harvest. Read More Every now and then expected seasonality offers a surprise for grain growers.

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O-Grate Concave designed to decrease losses a faster harvest speeds

Real Agriculture

Farmers are looking for two things during harvest: efficiency and a clean sample. When time to combine is limited, ground speed increases and minimizing grain loss while maximizing sample quality can make a large difference on a farmer’s bottom line. As Tyson Sanderson of Bushel Plus says in this interview from Ag in Motion, all.

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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: Malting barley quality down in stop-start harvest

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Farmers in southern and eastern England have been rounding up the winter barley harvest, with good specific weights and nitrogen content, although quality is slightly below last year. One consequence of the changeable weather is that grain dryers are being used more this year as moisture contents are higher.

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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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Edible Bean School: Harvesting with high-capacity combines

Real Agriculture

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities. On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Edible Bean School, host Bernard Tobin rides along with Fred Van Osch of Van Osch.

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