Top 10 tips to reduce combine losses

Canola growers can lose up to 5 bushels or more per acre if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. Please see the updated article for tips to limit those losses.

Growers can lose up to 5 bu./ac. of canola during harvest, with many of those losses occurring as canola enters and exits the combine. Combine losses should be less than 1 bu./ac., and hopefully more like half a bushel. 10. Check for leaks. Losses do not always come out the back end. Before making any…

Canola producers can lose up to five bushels or more per acre if the combine isn’t adjusted properly. Please read the updated article for tips to measure combine losses and make adjustment to limit those losses, putting more canola in the bin and reducing the volunteer canola seedbank in your fields.

Les Hill is the manager of technical services and business development for PAMI in Humboldt, Sask. He led off the Combine Clinic with a presentation on general tips to improve combine performance and reduce harvest losses. His 8 tips: Feed canola as uniformly as possible into the combine. Avoid over-threshing. Don’t assume canola separates easily…