Poor
NEWARK, Del. - Don’t throw
away your profits on poor harvest
practices.
“Soybean growers can add as
much as $lB per acre to their
returns this fall through better
harvest management,” says Tom
Williams, Extension agricultural
engineer at the University of
Delaware.
The average grower, he says,
loses as much as three bushels per
acre through poor harvest
management. With today's
soybean prices close to $6 per
bushel, there’s good monetary
incentive for producers to harvest
as many beans as possible.
Here are some of Williams’
recommendations 'for a more,
profitable soybean harvest:
Begain harvesting when soybean
' ..seed moisture reaches 14 percent.
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soybean harvest practices
Shatter losses increase markedly
when moisture levels drop below
11.5 percent.
Harvest at an average combine
speed between 2.8 and 3 miles per
hour. Combines operate most
efficiently at that range and the
cutter bar is allowed to'ride down
fdr maximum cut. Row crop
headers can be operated up to 5
miles per hour under ideal con
ditions.
POTTSTOWN The Bureau of Environmental Resources. The
Forestry of the Pennsylvania District Foresters’office is located
Department of Environmental ln Chester. County, south of Pott-
Resoorces has announced its s^own Rt. 23, one quarter
District Office near Bucktown will nu^e west ©Bice will
hold a public open house during the 1)6 °P e ” Monday through Friday,
week of November 2-6. Tuesday, November 3, from
The open house is being held in * .
conjunction with the Tenth An- e The District Office is responsible
mversary Celebration of the for- or forestry activities in a seven
mation of the Department of count y area of southeastern
Match ground speed to combine >
Count lost soybeans already on
the ground before harvest; pre
harvest losses should not be
charged against combining. Four
beans per square foot indicate a
bushel lost per acre for large
seeded varieties. Five beans per
square foot for small seeded
varieties equals one bushel per
acre.
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reel speed. Best speed ratio is a
reel speed of 1.25 tunes the com
bine ground speed. Reel axle 6 to 12
inches ahead of cutter bar.
Cut soybeans as close to the
ground as possible. The goal is to
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harvest all the pods-even the very
lowest. Tests show a 10-percent
reduction ui harvest losses when
soybeans are cut at 2 1/2 inches.
Floating and flexible cutter bars
'substantially reduce this har-
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Ksung loss.
Measure. soybean losses from
cutting, gathering, and threshing
operations to pinpoint necessary
adjustments.
Continually adjust the combine
to changing crop conditions.
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landowners with all /phases of
woodland management, insect and
disease advice, tree planting
recommendations, and general
tree care. They are also respon
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training', and fire prevention and
for organizing and administering
the cooperative State - County
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their district.
The public is welcome to visit the
office to find out more about
forestry or tree care. For further
information, call the office at
215/469-6217.
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