July 27, 2022

QUIZ – Combine College

These three questions are based on presentations at Combine College yesterday in Dauphin, Manitoba. The event will run again July 28 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Registration and information.

1. According to presenters from New Holland at Combine College, what is the single most important combine adjustment to reduce losses?
2. Combine owners and operators can calibrate two key settings now in preparation for lower harvest losses. What are they? (0.5 point for each correct answer.)
3. During harvest 2019, PAMI visited 31 farms across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and measured canola combine losses from 50 machines. What was the average loss?

 

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