The increased potential for yield loss from biotech corn demands The Drago Hi-Tech Corn Harvesting System with Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates.
Here's why:
Seed corn companies have been incredibly successful in meeting the demands of today’s progressive producers. The production advantages of biotechnology corn are overwhelming. Stacked traits give you more production and marketing options. Today’s corn has exceptional drydown and standability, but both of these characteristics also have major disadvantages.
Corn that dries down fast to save money at the dryer shells easily…too easily for traditional corn heads. That’s because most corn heads were designed for harvesting corn at 25% or higher moisture and have not changed with the advanced times. Misadjusted deck plates, steep angled platforms, shorter - high velocity rollers and gathering chains, all combine for a violent harvesting process causing kernels to dislodge from the bouncing ears before even reaching the combine.
Unfortunately, too many farmers assume the kernel loss they see on the ground came through the combine. The fact is most yield loss is created by ear bounce and butt shelling by the cornhead.
But The Drago Hi-Tech Corn Harvesting System with Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates reduces shelling loss. The Deck Plates set themselves automatically to varying stalk size and plant populations in every row. Most U.S. manufactured knife rollers are 15 inches long. Drago’s are 22.5 inches long. Drago’s 50% longer knife rollers allow more time for the corn to be pulled down slower with less velocity. This greatly reduces ear bounce, butt shelling and overall shelling loss so more bushels go through the combine to the bin and land on your bottom-line.
Tougher Bt stalks add to your corn-on-corn management residue problems. So why not chop as you harvest to manage residue, save fuel and labor costs? And you don’t have to worry about compromising yields because unlike chopper/corn heads, The Drago Hi-Tech Corn Harvesting System with Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates was designed to harvest first, size residue second.
The Drago Hi-Tech Corn Harvesting System with Automatic Self-Adjusting Deck Plates greatly reduces shelling loss, plus manages your residue problems. It’s advanced technology for modern-day hybrids.
