Harvest Lab Measures Moisture at Harvest

Cindy ZimmermanDairy Business, Equipment, Feed, The Milking Parlor, World Dairy Expo

Jim BuchsYou only thought we were done with stuff from World Dairy Expo.

I did an interview at expo with John Deere Hay and Forage Specialist Jim Buchs on how dairy producers can get added value for forage at harvest with Harvest Lab.

“We put a unit on our forage harvester that can measure the moisture as its going through the machine,” Buchs said. “With that information, we can calculate the true tonnage that we are harvesting.”

That information can be used to adjust the harvesting rate to the receiving rate at the bunker silo so you can adjust packing tractors or other required applications.

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