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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.

My only conclusion is that machines can secretly talk to each other via some sort of long-distance mechanical telepathy.

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.

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.

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Put these practices to work to improve your corn harvest outcome.

Understand how combine components interact to do a better job.

Insurance companies that offer coverage for “rock damage” to combines often require claims be submitted within six weeks of the end of harvest.

I get to ride in a combine for about five hours. That is my definition of happiness.

This is the famous and first original Busch Light combine

To celebrate the milestone each new combine leaving the factory will have a 75th anniversary decal applied.

With the four-fold goal of improving efficiency, grain quality, uptime and safety, AGCO has announced three optional features on its Fendt Ideal Combine.

An American farming titan, Jessie Small, the king of combines, has passed on, and with him goes a sizable chunk of U.S. historical lore.

Helmut Claas was the second generation of family leadership for the eponymous Claas group, which under his leadership became an international farm machinery company across multiple crop harvesting categories.

There is a wide continuum of options when prepping a combine for winter storage. Here’s a pre-storage list of those various options, from “park it and forget it” to “ready for next year’s harvest.”

The combine sold for the 2nd highest auction price for a John Deere 9770 in 6+ years.

After a Dukes of Hazzard-style jump on a backroad, Matt Griggs escaped a wild combine accident, and the Tennessee farmer is insistent: His survival was not by chance.

Demand for 2012 equipment has risen as it approaches 10 years old.

After launching its Farmobile Index for Planting in 2019, the company is now expanding its benchmarking tools with Farmobile Index for Harvest.

Machinery Journal - September 2020

After a year of beta testing, Ag Leader is officially introducing its CartACE for InCommand displays with a firmware release in August.

John Deere introduces high-capacity X Series combines that automatically adjust to maximize grain harvesting under changing conditions as well as new draper, corn and belt pickup headers.

Farmers brought in 25 combines as well as many grain carts, tractors, and semis.

If condition is good and hours are low, buyers have been willing to pay a premium for combines.

Rather than a slight dip in August coming off of July numbers, in 2019, new unit sales of combines ticked upward.

Here's the all-new Lexion 8000-7000 series combine.

Unless you abstain from social media, you’ve likely seen the viral photos of what one father did to make sure rain didn’t ruin his daughter’s big day.

Here are five common phone calls we receive at the equipment dealership during harvest — and five possible solutions to fix the problems before requesting a service call:

Moisture levels are going to be all over the board when combines roll this fall. In high-moisture situations, a few simple combine adjustments can minimize grain damage.

Ag Leader has introduced CartACE, which connects the grain cart to the combine by synching the combine’s auto-guidance line with the grain cart tractor’s auto-steer.

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FarmTRX yield monitor, which began in 2015 as Perry Casson’s on-farm DIY prototype, hit fields during harvest 2018 and is commercially available for under $2,000.

This is the highest price for this combine model in 51 months.

92-year-old farmer builds exactly what he needs

92-year-old farmer builds exactly what he needs

Whether you need a last-minute costume idea or just a cute pick-me-up, take a look at some of these ag related Halloween costumes.

Whether you need a last-minute costume idea or just a cute pick-me-up, take a look at some of these ag related Halloween costumes.

Whether you need a last-minute costume idea or just a cute pick-me-up, take a look at some of these ag related Halloween costumes.

Tribine Harvester has named James Shurts as its new chief operating officer.

Harvest is well underway, but there's still time to consider the benefit of periodically checking chaffers, sieves and other combine components to maintain accuracy.

On Friday afternoon, the team at Sloan Implement shared an almost unbelievable story.

With its new remarketing program, Claas of America will offer used equipment at 80% of its dealerships in North America under the First Claas Used program.

No component on a combine functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all interact with effects that can reach all the way to planting.

No component on a combine functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all interact with effects that can reach all the way to planting.

Proper adjustment of flex-head small grain platforms is the key to minimizing grain loss and maximizing performance

Thursday, Case IH introduced its limited edition 50 series axial-flow combine lineup to U.S. farmers with a special-edition 150 series.

As you manage through the capital-intensive decisions for machinery, there are three major areas of consideration which include an accounting perspective, replacement scheduling and market value conditions.