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With the four-fold goal of improving efficiency, grain quality, uptime and safety, AGCO has announced three optional features on its Fendt Ideal Combine.
To celebrate the milestone each new combine leaving the factory will have a 75th anniversary decal applied.
This is the famous and first original Busch Light combine
Understand how combine components interact to do a better job.
Share your unpublished ideas to join our $100 Ideas Club. The Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.
Put these practices to work to improve your corn harvest outcome.
Insurance companies that offer coverage for “rock damage” to combines often require claims be submitted within six weeks of the end of harvest.
Item highlights include five cotton pickers, five tractors, and lots of other items of high interest!
Too much corn is not making it to the bin in central Illinois as harvest season nears the finish line. If you’re still combining, consider Ken Ferrie’s recommendations to bolster results.
My only conclusion is that machines can secretly talk to each other via some sort of long-distance mechanical telepathy.
Whether you call it slugged, plugged or wadded-up, a combine jammed with weeds or damp crop is enough to make a preacher cuss. Here are tips to minimize your frustration and downtime.
Manufacturing meltdowns are hitting the U.S., as semiconductor shortages expand into other components. Supply chain woes now pose a threat to the food supply and farmers’ ability to get crops out of fields.
“Precision and autonomy are an opportunity for us, and Raven really helps put us in a very, very competitive position,” Wine says.
USDA counts 12.5 billion bushels of capacity on U.S. farms, which is 900 million more than just four years ago.
Make sure bins, dryers and accessories are ready to work
These grain carts had tracks.
This pair of Brent 644 gravity wagons sold at a southeast Iowa farm auction Wednesday.
The new Haulmaster series will span four models—1100, 1300, 1600, and 2000 bu. capacities.
The 2596 Brent Avalanche grain cart boasts a 2,500 bu. capacity and up to 1,000 bu. per minute unloading speed.
To help with tricky harvest conditions, Mathews Company has introduced a new mixed-flow grain dryer called the Delta Series with SmartFlow technology.
A variable year means the managing the grain in your bin could be equally challenging.
“All I could see was his head.": Minnesota Farmer Reflects on Grain Bin Rescue
Preventing and preparing for grain dryer fires
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue talks with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem about the importance of safety when working with grain bins on farms and agribusinesses.
The Canadian machinery maker is known for large-scale capacities and the new model boasts an additional 13% carrying capacity over the Haulmaster 2000.
With supply chain disruptions, what investments are you considering to ensure you have the inputs and flexibility you need?
To celebrate the milestone, Unverferth introduces the 98 series spanning five models 2598 (2500 bu), 2098 (2000 bu), 1598 (1500 bu) 1398 (1300 bu), and 1198 (1000 bu).
Beginning in 2022, all Kinze single and dual auger carts will be branded Harvest Commander.
Weigh the pros and cons, upfront costs and production flexibility of each storage option.
Tailgate Talk - November 2020
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