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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. The concept behind the S3 AWS Airbar is to have an air assist system attached to the combine header that directs what would otherwise be Read More

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Harvest highlights: High moisture contents and lodged crops

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Weather conditions have drastically slowed harvest, with lodging difficulties delaying the combines. A sliver of light is that overall winter barley yields concluded well this season.

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Tall Order for Short Corn: The Latest On Short-Stature Hybrids

AgWeb Farm Journal

Compact corn hybrids appear to take winds 50 mph in stride with little greensnap or lodging resulting. However, yield performance hasn’t been as consistent, and technology providers are working to change that.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, July 3: Lodged cereals, headland trouble, tar spot scouting, and canopy closure

Real Agriculture

How much does lodging affect yield? Evidence of that is showing up on Ontario yield monitors in the winter barley fields and will be coming to a wheat field near you in the coming week, says Peter Johnson, host of Wheat Pete’s Word. Read More How much does lodging affect yield? The other thing. Read More

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The Agronomists, Ep 155: Plant growth regulators with Jeremy Boychyn and Marijke Vanderlaan 

Real Agriculture

A plant growth regulator (PGR) can play a key role in helping growers manage the impact of lodging in spring and winter wheat crops. But growers have plenty of management decisions to consider to effectively use a PGR to reduce lodging, increase harvestability and protect and increase grain yield. Read More

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6 Causes of Soybean Harvest Loss

ProAg

With most of the nation’s soybean harvest complete, many growers may be wondering where yields could have been improved. Lodging loss when stems are uncut and lie on the ground or pushed to the ground. South Dakota State University Extension offers six explanations for unexpected soybean harvest losses: 1.

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Industry Ag News 7/21

Agwired

This year’s event was held at Montana Farmers Union’s Arrowpeak Lodge in Highwood, MT. Those policy actions, combined with depleted consumer savings, tighter commercial bank lending standards and the persistently inverted yield curve are likely to result in a mild recession by the fourth quarter of 2023.