Growers warned on seed dressing losses artwork
Cut the Crop!

Growers warned on seed dressing losses

  • S5E47
  • 18:31
  • December 1st 2024

Seed cleaners are reporting increasing dressing losses in ryegrass and other small seed crops, with losses often as high as 25%. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Methven farmer and seed cleaner John McCaw and FAR technology manager Chris Smith talk about the importance of combine harvester set-up, which will be examined at a series of December workshops.

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