Monday, September 19, 2011

Field Demonstration Head to Head Comparison

 
With the 2011 Husker Harvest Days in the books, I think that it would be a good time to take a look back at the well attended field demonstrations and do some comparisons.

I am going to put a spotlight on a few of the chopping heads on display at the demonstrations and with some photographic evidence on how they performed. In this particular case, I will focus on the look of the field and the cut of the stalk in the ground.

These pictures were all taken from the same spot on the field relative to where the head harvested and on the same day. This particular day had 21% moisture with the yield hovering around the 180 bushel mark.

The goal of this exercise is to determine which chopping corn head opened the stalk to allow for decomposition the best. No commentary, bias or spin. You be the judge. Pictures in order of demonstration lineup after the jump:

Up first was the John Deere 616c chopping corn head.





Then the New Holland chopping corn head:




The Geringhoff Rota Disc was next in line:




What do you guys think? Who do you think did the best job of chopping the stalks? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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