22 Farmers looking to upgrade their harvest capabilities may want to consider two products from Precision Planting. One is HeadSight, which is designed for growers with aftermarket headers. It provides automatic header height control and comes in two configurations. One for corn and another for canola, small grains, and soybeans. Sensors are mounted in the tip of the snout to measure the vertical distance between their mounting location and the ground. This gives the combine an early warning of changes in the ground surface. “Our sensor design is extremely accurate and very robust,” Paul Harms, a product support manager with Precision Planting, told the Farms.com Precision Ag Digital Digest. “We recommend one sensor every eight feet.” Poly sensors mute any unnecessary information, ensuring the header stays where farmers want it during row passes. Farmers can choose between Standard, Terrace, or Low-Pro mounting styles for the poly sensors. Standard mounts behind the cutter bar for flex and draper headers. The Terrace mounts in front of the header on the crop dividers, and Low-Pro is installed directly under the cutter bar using existing bar guard bolts. The sensors work in tandem to form a combined average height reading. This helps ensure consistent header placement regardless of the field conditions. “We’ve put in the time and the energy, and we know what the combines are capable of,” Harms said. “Our controllers will take our sensor information and manipulate the signals going to the combine to make sure we’re creating an aggressive enough response out of the combine to match the terrain.” Farmers can manage the data from HeadSight using a control system that can integrate into other virtual terminals. The control system features automatic calibration, diagnostics, in-cab monitoring, and control of header functions, and up to seven height sensors. WATCH THE VIDEO PHOTOS: precisionplanting.com These Harvest Solutions Support Header Control and Combine Steering TRUESIGHT & HEADSIGHT FROM PRECISION PLANTING DIEGO FLAMMINI FARMS.COM
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