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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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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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Wheat School: Drought mitigation starts long before a drought hits

Real Agriculture

Weather is one of the many, but main, factors that determines yield outcomes at harvest. While farmers can’t make the rain fall or the sun shine, there are plenty of things that can be done to mitigate the stress that a… Read More Weather is one of the many, but main, factors that determines yield outcomes at harvest.

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Harvest 2023: Winter barley harvest yields average, OSR poor

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Winter barley harvest is nearly done, showing average yields and on-target specific weights, while oilseed rape is still coming in slowly. Now farmers are waiting for a weather window to get cracking on the winter wheat and spring barley.

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Harvest 2023: Potato yields hit by dry early summer

Farmers Weekly

In digs, yields look pleasing, although quality is a little variable in places, but nothing I’m majorly concerned about,” says Andrew. “I I can foresee that potato movement might be later than normal which is […] The post Harvest 2023: Potato yields hit by dry early summer appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter OSR varieties map

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from the AHDB’s 2023 oilseed rape Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest yielding oilseed rape varieties at your nearest trials site.

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Soybean School: 100 bushels and the sulphur connection

Real Agriculture

Soybeans pack plenty of yield punch. Georgia grower Alex Harrell offered proof of that again in 2024 when he smashed his previous yield record with a new harvest benchmark a whopping 218 bushels per acre.

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