5 Combine Oversights That Can Ruin Your Wheat Harvest

Why It Matters

Addressing these five oversights reduces grain loss, improves harvest efficiency, and preserves grain quality—critical for farm profitability, particularly in drought-impacted regions where machines must be optimized to handle variable crops. Implementing simple adjustments up front prevents cascading problems through the combine and lowers operating costs.

Summary

In a No-Till Farmer webinar, Condex product strategy manager Andy Tyson outlined five common combine oversights that can undermine wheat harvests: cutting performance at the header, threshing setup, shoe load balance, cleaning-system configuration, and residue management. Tyson stressed that a combine is a flow system, so problems rarely originate where they appear—poor header cutting and uneven feed set the stage for downstream losses. He highlighted practical fixes farmers should verify before harvest, such as tight knife-to-guard clearance to ensure a clean scissoring cut and choosing appropriate sickle section serrations for crop conditions. Tyson also noted that drought-driven thinner stands and increased weed pressure make these adjustments especially critical this season.

Original Description

Small oversights in your combine setup can quietly rob yield, efficiency, and profitability during wheat harvest. In this webinar, Kondex Market & Product Strategy Manager Andy Theisen walks through five of the most common – and costly – combine oversights seen in the field today.

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https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/15245-5-combine-oversights-that-can-ruin-your-wheat-harvest-webinar

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