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Evaluating your corn head for the next harvest season should begin during harvest in the current season, according to Fenton, Iowa farmer and Dragotec President, Denny Bollig. “That’s when you...
Combine optimization has often been considered the key to corn harvest efficiency, but as producers’ harvest equipment needs have grown, corn head performance has become equally as critical.
University research has shown that 60% of yield loss occurs at the corn head itself. There are many factors that can be attributed to this loss – and many of...
When downed corn disrupts harvest season, the potential for yield loss should never be underestimated.
“As a piece of equipment, university research* indicates sixty-percent of yield loss at harvest is credited to the “corn head,” says Fenton, Iowa, farmer and Dragotec President Dennis Bollig. “But...
One of the dominant storylines in row crop agriculture in recent years has been the pressure bearish grain market prices have exerted on profitability.
Much attention is focused on the combine when it comes to reducing yield loss, but university research has shown that 60% of that loss comes at the corn head – before corn even gets to the combine.
Purchasing a used corn head can be a smart way to save both yield and money. And, as it is with any used piece of equipment, there are good buys as well as those you should walk away from.
When it comes to maximizing the life of a corn head, maintenance matters. “With today’s tight farm economy, trading in for a new corn head every other year to avoid a breakdown is hardly an option,”
Denny Bollig, president of Dragotec, the North American distributor of Olimac products, including Drago corn heads, is regularly quoted in Row by Row articles. In the following feature, Denny shares how his passion for efficiency on his own farm became the driver for the successful family business he leads today.
When corn planting and early crop development are slowed by rainfall and less-than-perfect conditions, corn diseases should be a key target for crop scouting as the growing season unfolds. This...
At harvest time, farmers say there is no greater concern when it comes to yield loss potential than downed or wind-damaged corn. Of the more than 450 corn farmers responding...
The combination of the pest, weed or disease pressures your corn crop faces, the treatments you choose and the environment into which you apply those pesticides can create a lot...
Extreme environmental conditions and the crop management adjustments they force upon farmers are the two biggest causes for corn yield loss.
In a year when the markets look to continue to strain corn farmers’ profitability, it’s important to keep insects in check and account for their damage with the right in-season...
Corn yield loss can start even before seedlings emerge from the ground. New research into how plants interact with one another at their earliest stages of development has implications for...
Environmental and soil conditions that create plant variability in a corn crop cause potential yield loss from the day it’s planted all the way through harvest.
Today’s tight profit margins in corn are pressuring farmers to cut costs, gain efficiency and do whatever possible to maximize yield and get the most revenue out of their crops....
Fall harvest is when corn farmers reap the rewards of their hard work. It’s also when they face major variability in environmental conditions — and potential yield loss — as...
Inside a factory in northern Italy, cutting-edge production practices and personal attention converge to produce the corn heads that bear the Drago name.
