Focus on Farm Tech: Combine Loss Calculator
Our Bushel Plus magnetically driven combine calculator works with our combine to help us calculate how much good seed we are losing off the back of our combines. By following behind the combine and collecting everything that comes off the back, we can calculate our loss percentage per bushel, acre, etc.
Our in-house agronomist, Tabitha Brown, explains:
We use this technology to adjust our combine settings to make this loss and minimal as possible, increasing the profitability of our farming operations. You can track your loss in real time per acre. The best part? This tool comes with an app that helps you immediately put a monetary value to the loss you are measuring.
We adjust things like rotor speed, clearance, sieves, etc. to help improve our retention rate. This particular tool is especially helpful with small and light seeds we see in our reclamation grasses and other tricky-to-harvest crops, although we use it on every crop we harvest including wheat, canola and grass seed.