Few crops require additional combine settings and great attention to detail in order to harvest the crop efficiently such as soybean crops. In case you own John Deere combine harvester, you can easily stop the grain loss without many efforts. With proper John Deere combine settings soybeans can prevent the risk of grain loss to a great extent.
The combine setting heavily depend upon the type of crop and harvesting conditions. Experienced farmers are aware of the three main areas where the loss of soybean grain occurs – 1) pre harvested stage, 2) in the header section and 3) in the combine. The maximum loss of grain transpires in the header section which is around 70-80%.
Many farmers find it difficult to harvest the soybean crops during the autumn season due to difficult field conditions and high grain loss. Below mentioned are the few suggestions for John Deere combine settings soybeans which can help you get a better yield of the crop.
1. The very first thing you should start with is to review the operator’s manual and checking the combine setting and adjusting it accordingly. Settings may vary crop to crop and different field conditions
2. Make sure to keep the cutter bar to the possible lowest level for a short variety of soybeans especially for the dry ones.
3. If the soybean crop is of the short variety, a few adjustments are needed in the settings of combine parts like reel, cutter bar, auger, and the feed conveyor chain, to ensure stems are getting fed into the feeder house very smoothly through the platform.
4. Routinely check the ledge plates, knives. Guards, ledges and wear plates. Also, keep the spare parts handy with you to avoid any hassle.
5. Make sure to check the sharpness of the sickle. The blunt sickle pushes the stems over instead of cutting them cleanly.
6. Check the operator’s manual and adjust the guards and header appropriately to ensure the correct engagement angle as summarized in the manual.
7. Check if stems are getting cleanly cut across the header section. If not, then examine the blades, header angle and other incorrect header settings which might be affecting cutting off the stems. You can also try by reducing the ground speed and check if it functioning smoothly.
8. Check the manual and try to adjust the reel speed and ground speed to match with crop conditions within the field. It is recommended to keep the reel speed by ~25% faster than the ground speed.
9. Since maximum loss occurs at the header section so it is advised to examine these areas especially the header part at the various stages and locations in the field to avoid the grain loss.
10. Ensure to lubricate and service the bearings and chains more often to avoid any kind of hassle during the work. Also, make a check of belts and chains routinely to make sure there are tight and working.
We hope that with the above-mentioned tips can help you while doing the john deer settings for soybeans. You can either do the initial settings by yourself or can consult your local combine dealer for help.
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