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Manufacturers refine their biomass-harvesting equipment to make it more efficient

As the markets for biomass grow, so does the development of biomass-handling equipment. Continued testing on corncobs and dedicated energy crops has allowed manufacturers to tweak the equipment to make handling more efficient. Here’s a quick update.

Vermeer

Vermeer Corporation, Pella, Iowa, has sold the 605 Super M Cornstalk Special Baler for five years. Jay Van Roekel, Vermeer, says the baler has been working well in all residue crops.

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  • Feb. 20, 2012
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    Michelin launches new CerexBib combine tire

    Michelin unveils the CerexBib combine tire, the industry’s first high-flexion tire specifically designed for combines. New IF and VF flexion technology is incorporated in the combine tire to allow for 40% lower air pressures than standard radial tires so that the tire footprint spreads out over more ground to minimize soil compaction. Michael Vandel, segment marketing manager for Michelin North America, explains....More
  • Feb. 16, 2012
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    Geringhoff concept row-independent corn head - Part II

    Senior Field Editor Scott McPheeters demonstrates the mechanics of the prototype combine head from Geringhoff, exhibited at the National Farm Machinery Show. The new combine head will harvest crops including corn from any direction across all rows opening up the future for solid-seeded corn....More
  • Feb. 2, 2012
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    Caterpillar introduces new Cat K Series small wheel loaders

    EPA’s new Tier 4 emission requirements are having some unexpected benefits for farmers and ranchers. As Caterpillar’s Joel Grimes explains in this interview at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in Nashville, Caterpillar’s new 924K Series Small Wheel Loader is providing a 15 to 20% fuel burn reduction due, in part, to the new engine it features. The Series K machines will be available this spring....More
  • Feb. 1, 2012
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    Remote grain dryer monitoring from Mathews Company

    The Mathews Company introduces the new M-C Trax that provides low-priced, remote monitoring of grain dryers from a smartphone or computer browser....More
  • Jan. 31, 2012
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    Need for frozen ground

    Last year in Pandora, Ohio, we had 55 in. of rain, which is way above the normal of 33 in. Many parts of Ohio had 66 in. of rain. The corn and soybean harvest was the most challenging since 1972. There is still a sprinkling of soybean fields and corn fields that need to be harvested. There are many, many fields in northwest Ohio with deep ruts that are going to have to be chiseled out in the spring. Only a small percentage of soybean stubble fields were tilled at all. There is a lot of demand for spring tillage tools. Many of the Great Plains tools are sold out for this spring....More
  • Jan. 25, 2012
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    It’s not the heat; it’s the stupidity

    Let's say, hypothetically, you get a blast of cold winter air and find that your newly installed cattle waterer is frozen. What do you do? Let's just say there are some problems you can "overcorrect."...More
  • Jan. 17, 2012
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    Oil testing to save farm equipment

    Posted 1/17/12 With advancements in farm equipment technology becoming more frequent, today’s farmers are keeping up by trading in their equipment more often than in the past. “Years ago, farmers would buy a tractor and keep it for 25 years. Now, farmers are trading them in more often,” says Paul Hendrix, equipment-pricing analyst for IronPlanet, an online auction house....More
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