1966 Standard Oil Farm Newsletter Precision Harvest Cuts Losses TH8
1966 Standard Oil Farm Newsletter Precision Harvest Cuts Losses TH8
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1966 Standard Oil Farm Newsletter Precision Harvest Cuts Losses TH8
SOYBEAN
YIELDS
BLASTED BY HEAVY FIELD
LOSSES
Lincoln, Neb. Harvesting losses can pile up as high as 15 to 20 bushels out of every 100 in a standing crop of soy-beans, reports J. C. Swinbank, University of Nebraska agronomist. Biggest loss is caused by shattering (up to 45% of total field loss), followed by improper combine cylinder and concave adjustment.
To minimize field losses, specialists suggest the following:
1) Harvest beans before moisture drops below 13%. Biggest shattering losses are those beans dislodged from the plant and missed by the combine header.
Phondiust reonso center litterdar. tRee
bats should penetrate standing beans as little as possible while maintaining good feed control over the cutterbar.
C. L. Hill, Purdue University agricultural engineer, says "Devices that gauge height of cutterbar above the ground and maintain a pre-set height may increase grain tank yields 5%.
1966 Standard Oil Farm Newsletter Precision Harvest Cuts Losses TH8
SOYBEAN
YIELDS
BLASTED BY HEAVY FIELD
LOSSES
Lincoln, Neb. Harvesting losses can pile up as high as 15 to 20 bushels out of every 100 in a standing crop of soy-beans, reports J. C. Swinbank, University of Nebraska agronomist. Biggest loss is caused by shattering (up to 45% of total field loss), followed by improper combine cylinder and concave adjustment.
To minimize field losses, specialists suggest the following:
1) Harvest beans before moisture drops below 13%. Biggest shattering losses are those beans dislodged from the plant and missed by the combine header.
Phondiust reonso center litterdar. tRee
bats should penetrate standing beans as little as possible while maintaining good feed control over the cutterbar.
C. L. Hill, Purdue University agricultural engineer, says "Devices that gauge height of cutterbar above the ground and maintain a pre-set height may increase grain tank yields 5%.
