InsidePTI S4•E17 | Removing Corn Head Blinders?

What if we could have as detailed of data on the corn head during harvest as we have available on the planter? What shifts would we be able to make in real-time to limit grain loss and improve our final yield and limit grain loss? In this episode of InsidePTI, Jason walks through the evolution of corn heads and the value we could see if technology was added to the corn head to provide detailed, row-by-row data in real-time.
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[@lucasdurham5433]

I was just thinking about this today, as heads get bigger, the “dumber” the data gets. We’re making decisions based on more diluted down maps. 6 row corn head machine makes more “accurate” yield maps than 12 or 16 row.

[@davidkottman3440]

This guy isn't old enough to talk about the history of the corn head. Old ones were over complicated & ran at 45° angle; a real nightmare in downed corn. It was common to pasture the fields for dropped ears. Most of the problems solved by early '70s, remainder fixed by controlling corn borers. At this point just selling new complications rather than fixing problems.