According to the USDA, 47% of the nation’s corn harvest has been completed as of October 16th. That is about 19% behind last year’s numbers, but still ahead of the 5 year average.
In the middle of all that harvesting, there is a small fleet of Elite Series heads all across the United States. One of those heads is currently outside Fergus Falls, MN. I had a chance to catch up to Richard Ronnevick of Ronnevick Farms, who was running the head, and ask him a few questions about his 16 row 22 inch Rota Disc Elite.
What do you like about this Rota Disc head?
"We decided to go to a 16 row head because the combine has that much capacity. We’ve been real happy with the head, it’s been feeding real good and its saving corn better than the other heads, not sure if it is the different (redesigned) poly but I like the auger and it’s doing a beautiful job."
Have you owned a Geringhoff before? If so, why do you continue to go with Geringhoff?
“This is our 3rd Geringhoff head. The third Rota Disc. Very happy with them, the maintenance has been very good and very low on them. They take less horse power than the lawn mower type heads. We’ve Just been very happy with them.”
You said you had to use the ICF Sweeper the other day, why, and how did it work?
“It allowed the combine to run at full capacity when it was real dry and the corn was real brittle and breaking and breaking off we were able to put the reel down and run it real slow and it just kept everything feeding with no problem at all.”
Special thanks to Richard and everyone else at Ronnevick Farms who allowed us to come and take some pictures. Geringhoff is nothing without its amazing customers. Enjoy some pictures from the day:
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