

#John deere igrade tips and tricks manual
To get the highest quality grain and maximum bushel from the field, he follows the settings recommended in the operator's manual to start. Kevin Neufeld runs six John Deere 9660 STS combines. Territory: California, Texas, Colorado, Montana We asked them how corn and soybean farmers who harvest their own crops can do a better or more efficient job.Ĭrew: six family members plus 14 employeesĮquipment: six John Deere 9660 STS combines With their large machines, hauling logistics, and fleet of supporting equipment, they can be in and out in a matter of days instead of the month it might take a farmer.įarm Industry News caught up with six custom harvesters who are among the best in the business. “They harvest the crops that feed the world and are the best at it.”Ĭustom harvesters can do the job faster, too. “Our members are some of the hardest working people in the world today,” Sieren says. Custom Harvesters, Inc., a nonprofit association of custom harvesters. Mandi Sieren is the operations manager at U.S. According to an Iowa State survey of central Iowa corn combine operations, custom operators have fewer field losses than owner-operators. As a result, they can combine better than many farmers. And they have four months left before they call it a season.Ĭustom cutters like Neufeld spend more time on a combine in one year than the average farmer does in ten. Neufeld and his crew are in their third month of combining wheat. On a hot July afternoon, custom harvester Kevin Neufeld leads a convoy of combines and a 15-person crew across Colorado on I-25. So, here are those tips are again, posted just in time for harvesting. We found out that the same tips reported more than a decade ago still apply today and remain some hardened principles.
#John deere igrade tips and tricks update
The story continues to get a lot of play, so we wanted to update the story, along with any new information from those we interviewed.

customer harvesters from across the country and asked them for their best advice for combining crops, based on their experience.

Editor’s note: In 2004, Farm Industry News interviewed six U.S.
