harvest loss Archives

Canola, Guides, Soybean Production Guide, Soybeans

How to keep last year’s canola out of your beans

If any good herbicide options are off the table, canola will compete well against soybeans

By Miranda Leybourne September 16, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — Fighting off volunteer canola in your soybean crop begins with added effort to keep your non-volunteer canola from escaping the back of the combine the year before. While there’s already been a lot of work done on the matters of volunteer canola issues and canola harvest loss, recent research from the University […] Read more

Bushel Plus conducts specialized training seminars or speaking engagements to help train farmers in how to optimize combine performance.

Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Learn to get the best performance from a combine

Bushel Plus Harvest Academy will run training programs for growers starting this year

By Scott Garvey May 23, 2024

When the weather is good during harvest, every grower wants the combine to get right to work. There is pressure to just keep it moving to cover as many acres as possible while the weather holds and accept whatever threshing performance it offers. But not taking time to pay close attention to combine settings can […] Read more

Machinery, News

VIDEO: Setting up combines to limit harvest loss

Peer-to-peer online network helps keep harvest loss in check

By Greg Berg February 1, 2024

‘We found a problem, now how do we fix it?’ This was a common question drop-pan inventor Trevor Scherman heard when producers discovered they were seeing too much harvest loss. He heard it enough that it gave him an idea for a new venture. With all of the online information floating around the internet – […] Read more

A PAMI staff member holds up a grain loss pan after taking a sample from one of the combines used in a recent project.

Canola, Equipment, Features

How to reduce canola combine losses

A recent PAMI study shows canola combine grain losses can be significant. Here’s what you can do

By Jim Timlick March 29, 2023

Combine grain loss is a fact of life for most canola growers on the Canadian Prairies. A recent study conducted by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) provided a snapshot of how significant those losses can be and what producers can do to reduce them. The On-Farm Survey of Combine Grain Loss in Canola Across […] Read more

One preparation for Harvest 2022 could be to get a drop pan system to measure combine losses. An electronic-release pan that connects to the underside of the combine is a simple though higher cost option. Another option is to have someone drop a plastic storage bin under the back of the combine as it drives by.

Canola, Crops

Deliver every canola seed at No. 1 grade

This Canola Council of Canada quiz can help you reach that goal

By Jay Whetter September 7, 2022

Everything done to produce a high-quality canola crop can be undone at harvest and in storage. One Canola Council of Canada (CCC) agronomy priority is to deliver every seed at No. 1 grade. That means giving all seeds time to mature, harvesting with minimal losses and storing canola without spoilage. For maximum yield, canola should […] Read more

Is it just a matter of slowing down your ground speed to remedy harvest loss?

Equipment, Machinery, News

PAMI engineer offers combine adjustment advice

How to make sure grain goes into  your hopper, not out the back

By Scott Garvey July 22, 2019

Speaking at an event in Brandon in March, Joel McDonald, an engineer working for PAMI (Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute), gave producers the benefit of his years of experience in evaluating combine performance. “This is a quote I like to use about managing your harvest, and your combine,” he told the crowd. “‘A combine is a […] Read more

Wheat seeds spilling from hand, close-up

Equipment, Machinery

Monitoring your harvest loss

By Scott Garvey July 22, 2019

Nearly every modern combine has a loss monitor in it. But what exactly are those monitors telling you? What, if anything, can you understand from the blinking lights on those graphics? During a presentation to growers in Brandon in March, Joel McDonald, an engineer at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, said PAMI undertook a study […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Features

Know what you’re leaving behind

The ScherGain solution system will help you measure your in-field losses

By Lisa Guenther October 10, 2017

Just how much grain are you leaving in the field? It’s a question Trevor Scherman and his father, Pat, pondered many times on their farm near Battleford, Sask. Trevor says they discussed “where that fine line was (between) how fast can we go and how much crop can we afford to leave in the field.” […] Read more

A throw pan, or “Frisbee special,” is a quick way to catch a sample of grain from the back of the combine.

Crops

Four steps to minimizing your harvest losses

Combines don't leave the dealers' lots set specifically for your field. Don't throw out profits this late in the game

By Lisa Guenther September 1, 2015

If you’re reluctant to measure the seed your combine is leaking and adjust the machine accordingly, you may be leaving a lot of yield in the field. That was Jim Bessel’s message to farmers during EvolveAg’s field day in north-western Saskatchewan in July. Bessel, who worked with the Canola Council of Canada for over 20 […] Read more

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