Combine set up and the importance of stopping grass weed seeds spreading during harvest

The Tillage Edge · Jul 2, 2020 · 18m

Dermot Forristal was the guest on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to speak to Michael Hennessy about combine set up and also the importance of stopping grass weed seeds spreading during harvest. Crop through put, crop losses and quality are important factors in setting up the combine according to Dermot. “Adjustment varies according to combine make but in order to get the set up correct machine operators should make one adjustment at a time and check the results afterwards,” he said. Harvesting machinery from the combine to the baler, straw rakes and even tractors and trailers will spread…