Dave Link of MacDon talks about company’s first corn head released under MacDon name, now that Linamar owns both companies. Harvestec header brand will be discontinued in North America and marketed under MacDon.
A little more speed might help, but reliability and horsepower are what custom cutters would like to see more of when it comes to their their equipment.
The good news is that the 2013 harvest is in the homestretch. Today, USDA reported that as of November 17, 2013, 91% of corn has been harvested in the top 18 corn producing states. This is ahead of the 5 year average of 86%. At the same time, 95% of the soybean crop has been harvested, which is only one percentage point behind the 5 year average.
With relatively mild weather this past winter across much of the U.S., prospects were favorable for the 2012 U.S. corn crop to be planted early this year. Planting progress data for corn indicated an advanced pace through much of the spring.
Telematics will soon be changing the way farmers produce and harvest hay, and in a good way. "With telematics, farmers can remotely capture data from harvesters and tractors,"? says Kevin Shinners, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
“As mowing and conditioning equipment have evolved, some of the basic drying principles of forage have slipped by the wayside,” says Dan Undersander, Univ. of Wisconsin extension forage agronomist. “If we understand and use the biology and physics of forage drying properly, the hay dries faster and has less chance of being rained on and the total digestible nutrients (TDN) of the harvested forage is higher.”
At the 2026 Farm Progress Show, Franklin Peitz, Digital Product Marketing Lead with John Deere Operations Center reassures growers that they have the right to their own data.
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