The Harvest Settings Automation feature, which the brand introduced on previous model year machines, and which optimizes thresher settings, gets an enhancement for 2027. It will now be able to work with lentils, peas, rye, triticale, oats and sunflowers.

“We’re really expanding our automation capabilities,” says Brady Alley, combine marketing manager.

“We have six additional crops that are comparable with our Harvest Settings Automation. “

The Predictive Ground Speed Automation feature that debuted on 2025 models also gets enhancements.

A new update uses enhanced processing power and a trained algorithm to accurately detect green crops within an otherwise-mature stand. Green Crop Detection allows Predictive Ground Speed Automation to adjust the combine’s ground speed in response to a wider range of crop conditions.

“Predictive Ground Speed Automation, those are the cameras that look ahead and also satellite maps, is expanding the performance in different conditions,” says Alley.

“Adding green crop detection is one of the biggest things, detecting wet patches or green stems on wheat and making sure we’re slowing down to be able to process that increased biomass and moisture.”

New half-length concaves now allow for modular installation and better durability and are compatible with model year 2027 X9s. The new cradle also enables factory installation of the remote, from-the-cab, controlled concave and separator grate covers.

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“With the Tru-Thresh family of concaves, we have what we call a half-length design,” Alley says.

“There’s a new carrier. Instead of a full U-shape, now we have two half sections. That will allow us to be more modular with our setup.

“If you think about getting unthreshed wheat or white caps into my sample, that’s an indication I want to keep that material in the rotor for another revolution. So with remote concave covers, I can close covers on the first, second or both sections of the rotor so I can hold that material in. On the separator grates, we also have covers as well.”

Choices for Tru-Thresh concaves include a high-moisture configuration with an angle bar at the intersection of both rotors and round bars for the rest of the section. There is also a multi-crop with angle bars, large wires and small wires, as well as the standard setup Deere has offered previously.

“The benefit is you can really tailor it to the conditions you’re seeing,” says Alley.

To help with initial setup for attaching headers across the full combine fleet, there is a new initial settings feature, which acts as a starting point to fine-tune the configuration for the crop and field conditions.

X9s also get a bigger 550-bushel grain tank and 35-foot unloading auger.

And for those that want to install a HarvestLab 3000, there is no longer any need to cut a hole in the side of combine. New X9s will get small, removable access panels for quick installation.

“Just take a couple of bolts out and pop those off to put the sensor on and leverage the benefits of HarvestLab 3000,” says Alley.

“We’re calling it HarvestLab-ready. It will be available on all X9s.”

As with so much of Deere’s equipment offerings, the main takeaway for 2027 is that high-end technology keeps getting more sophisticated, making it easier for inexperienced operators to do a first-class job bringing in the harvest.

“The message we want to emphasize, especially with our technology features, is our commitment to getting better over time … expanding the automation capabilities to more crop types and conditions,” says Alley.

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Today, John Deere is taking the suspense out of that wait by making it possible to determine protein or oil content information on wheat, barley or canola right on the combine in the field, and on the go. Deere is offering an updated version of its HarvestLab 3000 system that is now capable of grain sensing. It can be retrofitted to 2018 model year or newer John Deere S700 series combines.

Grain sensing is the fourth application of the HarvestLab 3000. Deere initially made the system available for its line of self-propelled forage harvesters to monitor the quality of the feed coming out of their spouts. It then added the ability to monitor the quality of liquid manure being spread on a field. HarvestLab could also be used as a stationary device to analyze feed quality samples.

The new grain sensing feature continuously measures and monitors protein, starch and oil values in wheat, barley or canola in real time as the combine works its way through fields. It also associates that data to specific areas of a field. The results can then be viewed in the combine, or via the John Deere Operations Center.

“When a farmer has site-specific data on a field’s harvest quality, they know if the wheat coming out of the field is of baking or fodder quality,” says Christopher Murray, marketing manager for John Deere. “This knowledge gives them the ability to store their grain in separate batches according to quality and then market that grain more selectively.”

Site-specific data also helps farmers precisely document the harvest as the grain quality is recorded at each individual point in the field. 

“This level of detail lets them compare varieties or confirm if machines were properly set,” Murray says. “They are also able to see areas of the field that most successfully converted nutrients into yield, protein or oil, so next season’s fertilizer plan can be adjusted.”

Deere says as the combine moves through the field, a motor-driven auger pushes grain in front of the HarvestLab 3000’s near-infrared sensor. The system links the data obtained on the grain quality with the GPS location acquired by a John Deere StarFire receiver.

This site-specific data is then displayed on the Generation 4 Display in the combine cab and can also be sent to the JD Operations Center via JDLink. Farmers can use the Operations Center to review harvest results and field profitability with different Deere tools, which include Analyze and Field Analyzer. Farmers can also pair information in the Operations Center with partner software for additional evaluation or for creating application maps for fertilizer or other inputs.

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