Farm Progress Show 2012 Day 2 - Wrap Up

With the final day of demonstrations under way, here is a review of the Rota Disc Elite in the field at the Farm Progress Show.

Geringhoff Launches New Magazine

Today Geringhoff launched their all new Geringhoff Experience Magazine. You can view the interactive magazine or download the PDF by going here:

http://geringhoff.com/resources/magazine

Rota Disc Elite in Fergus Falls, MN

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.

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:

Husker Harvest Days Field Demonstration - Day 2

Brrrr. It’s a chilly one today at the Husker Harvest Days. But that hasn’t stopped a good sized crowd from again showing up early to the second day of the Field Demonstrations.

Again there were a lot machines lined up to perform in front of the crowd. I still find it impressive to see all the combines in a row.

The corn was testing at around 21% moisture today. And the Geringhoff continued to impress and turn heads. The stationary knives were taken off the demo head, which really explodes the stalk. Photo highlights of the days work after the jump:

Husker Harvest Days Field Demonstration – Day 1

Husker Harvest Days Field Demonstration – Day 1

What started out as a chilly morning turned into a gorgeous day at the Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Nebraska. In addition to a busy display, Geringhoff was participating in the Field Demonstrations. Running a current generation 12 row 30 inch folding Rota Disc corn head on a Case 7120 Axial Flow combine. 

A large crowd was gathered well before 11:00 am this morning to catch a glimpse at the impressive machinery on display. As the demo’s started the crowd gathered as close to the safety rope as they could in order to get a good look. The one thing the rope couldn’t protect you from was the guys firing high velocity t-shirts into the crowd with what I can only assume was a rocket launcher.

The show reported the corn testing at 19% moisture with the corn yielding between 135 to 200 bushels.

Overall a good day on the lot and in the field. Here’s hoping the success and good weather carries over to the next few days. 

Pictures from today's demonstration after the jump:

Husker Harvest Days and Big Iron Preview

Next week Geringhoff will be at two of the summer's premiere farm shows. First, come find us at the aemsco building at the Big Iron Farm Show where we , along with 800 other agricultural exhibitors will be showing our newest products for the over 80,000 attendees. So come check us out starting September 13th.

http://www.bigironfarmshow.com/index.php

And over 490 miles south, we will also be exhibiting at the Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island NE. The world's largest and and totally irrigated working farm show. We can be found at booth # 819, as well as in the field demonstrations every day. We will be demonstrating a current generation Rota Disc corn head. I will be providing daily updates from the field so if you can't make the show personally, make sure you check in daily.

http://huskerharvestdays.com/main.aspx

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and if your at either show stop by and say hello to our friendly sales representatives.

Farm Progress Show 2011 Wrap-Up

It was a hot humid afternoon at the third and final day of the 2011 Farm Progress Show today, but that didn’t stop the large crowd from coming out to the show to visit the over 450 exhibitors.

Thanks to anyone who stopped by the Geringhoff booth over the last few days to say hello. Geringhoff is nothing without our amazing customers.

There was another good crowd gathered at the field demonstrations to see the industries most impressive pieces of machinery, and catch a last glimpse at the Elite Series sneak preview.

Geringhoff followed up their strong showing in twin row corn the days before with another great run. Back in traditional 30 inch rows the Geringhoff showed why it remains one of the most trusted names in stalk destruction. Now, this being a “Geringhoff” related blog I can see how you may think I am being a little biased, so I will let the pictures after the jump do the talking for me:

Farm Progress Show twin row wrap up

The dust has settled from day 2 of the 2011 Farm Progress Show’s field demos, and the twin row portion of the demonstrations are in the books.

The Geringhoff Elite Series corn head continued its impressive introductory run with another great day, speeding through the twin row planted corn with ease.